Teddy's Tavern
Teddy's Tavern | |
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Location | Eastern side of U.S. Route 113 (Du Pont Boulevard), 0.6 miles north of its junction with Delaware Route 16 in Cedar Creek Hundred, Ellendale, Delaware |
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Coordinates | 38°48′53″N 75°26′19″W / 38.81472°N 75.43861°WCoordinates: 38°48′53″N 75°26′19″W / 38.81472°N 75.43861°W |
Area | 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) |
Built | 1923 | , 1937
Architectural style | Mission/spanish Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 91000911[1] |
Added to NRHP | July 22, 1991 |
Teddy's Tavern, originally called the Blue Hen Garage, is a historic tavern located at Ellendale, Sussex County, Delaware, USA. It was built about 1923, as a service station catering to motorists on the newly constructed Du Pont Highway. It was converted into a roadside tavern in 1937. It is a one-story, polychrome brick building with a low-pitched gable roof, low parapet, and exposed rafter ends in a Mission/Spanish Revival style. It has a flat-roofed "porch" supported by four massive brick and concrete conical columns. The interior consists of a package store, dining areas and a labyrinth of service rooms. It is one of the few surviving service stations or roadside taverns remaining from the pre-1940 era in Delaware.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Steven H. Moffson (April 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Teddy's Tavern". and Accompanying 15 photos
- Commercial buildings completed in 1923
- Buildings and structures in Sussex County, Delaware
- Mission Revival architecture in Delaware
- Gas stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware
- National Register of Historic Places in Sussex County, Delaware
- Delaware Registered Historic Place stubs