Palmer Home

Palmer Home
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The Palmer Home in 2011
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Location	115 American Ave., Dover, Delaware
Coordinates	39°9′50″N75°31′31″W / 39.16389°N 75.52528°W / 39.16389; -75.52528
Area	1.1 acres (0.45 ha)
Built	1907 (1907)
Architect	Vaux, William S.
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.	88001443 [1]
Added to NRHP	September 13, 1988

Palmer Home is a historic home for the aged located at Dover, Kent County, Delaware. It was built in 1907, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, brick structure with a gable roof in the Colonial Revival style. A two-story, flat roofed wing was added in 1930. The front facade features a hip roofed porch with Doric order columns and a square balustrade. It was built by the woman's organization The King's Daughters, and remained in operation until 1987. ^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Susanne Neale Fox (May 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Palmer Home". National Park Service. and Accompanying 18 photos