Poplar Hall (Newark, Delaware)

Poplar Hall
Location 3176 Denny Rd., near Newark, Delaware
Coordinates 39°33′22″N 75°46′28″W / 39.556066°N 75.774453°W / 39.556066; -75.774453Coordinates: 39°33′22″N 75°46′28″W / 39.556066°N 75.774453°W / 39.556066; -75.774453
Area 21.9 acres (8.9 ha)
Architectural style Georgian, Vernacular Georgian, Greek Revival
NRHP Reference # 87002434[1]
Added to NRHP January 26, 1988

Poplar Hall is a historic home and farm located near Newark, New Castle County, Delaware. The property includes six contributing buildings. They are an 18th-century brick dwelling with its stone wing and five associated outbuildings. The house is a 2 12-story, gable-roofed, brick structure with a 2 12-story, cobblestone, gable-roofed wing. It was substantially remodeled in the mid-19th century in the Greek Revival style. Also on the property are a contributing 2 12-story crib barn (c. 1850), frame smokehouse, frame dairy, implement shed, and cow barn.[2]

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

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Hubert F. Jicha, III (May 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Poplar Hall" (PDF). National Park Service. and accompanying 11 photos


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