Chelsea (Delaware City, Delaware)

Chelsea

Chelsea, December 2011
Location 910 5th St., Delaware City, Delaware
Coordinates 39°34′37″N 75°35′56″W / 39.576892°N 75.598971°W / 39.576892; -75.598971Coordinates: 39°34′37″N 75°35′56″W / 39.576892°N 75.598971°W / 39.576892; -75.598971
Area 1.8 acres (0.73 ha)
Built 1848 (1848)
Architectural style Greek Revival, Italianate, Other, Peach Mansion
MPS Red Lion Hundred MRA
NRHP Reference # 82002325[1]
Added to NRHP April 8, 1982

Chelsea is a historic home located in Delaware City, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1848 by Thomas Clark, and is a three-story, three-bay-square brick block with a low, almost flat, hipped roof surmounted by a widow's walk. It is in a regional variation of the Italianate / Greek Revival style. It has a low, one-story wing at the east side, a wide, one-story glass-enclosed front porch and a large, two-story addition to the rear of the house.[2]

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

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Richard T. Jett and Gretchen Fitting (July 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Chelsea" (PDF). National Park Service. and accompanying three photos


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