Old Ford Dairy

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Old Ford Dairy
Old Ford Dairy is located in Delaware
Old Ford Dairy
Location1871 DuPont Parkway in St. Georges Hundred, near Odessa, Delaware
Coordinates39°32′25″N 75°39′07″W / 39.540290°N 75.651829°W / 39.540290; -75.651829Coordinates: 39°32′25″N 75°39′07″W / 39.540290°N 75.651829°W / 39.540290; -75.651829
Area5 acres (2.0 ha)
Builtc. 1850 (1850)
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Late Victorian, Federal
MPSRebuilding St. Georges Hundred 1850--1880 TR
NRHP reference No.85002112, 86003486 (Boundary Increase)[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 13, 1985, December 11, 1986 (Boundary Increase)

Old Ford Dairy is a historic home located near Odessa, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built about 1850, and was a 2+12-story, five-bay by two-bay frame, double cross-gable, vernacular Victorian farmhouse. It had a rear wing, three-bay front porch, and two brick gable end chimneys. Also on the property were a drive through, 2+12-story granary, a rectangular grain storage bin, and a three-story gambrel-roofed dairy barn.[2]

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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ B. Herman and Trish Bensinger (May 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Old Ford Dairy". National Park Service. and accompanying eight photos


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