Sipple House

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Sipple House
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Sipple House, September 2012
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LocationDenny and Front Sts., Leipsic, Delaware
Coordinates 39°14′27″N75°31′4″W / 39.24083°N 75.51778°W / 39.24083; -75.51778 Coordinates: 39°14′27″N75°31′4″W / 39.24083°N 75.51778°W / 39.24083; -75.51778
Area0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Builtc. 1880 (1880)-1890
Architectural styleLate Victorian, Italianate
MPS Leipsic and Little Creek MRA
NRHP reference No. 82002315 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 24, 1982

Sipple House is a historic home located at Leipsic, Kent County, Delaware. It was built about 1885, and is a two-story, cruciform plan frame single pile dwelling with a later rear ell. It has a gable roof with box cornice and Italianate style brackets and a projecting center bay topped by a mansard roof. It features a distyle front porch and tetrastyle east gable-end porch. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Stephen Del Sordo; et al. (November 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Sipple House". National Park Service. and accompanying two photos