Poplar Hall (Newark, Delaware)

Poplar Hall
Location3176 Denny Rd., near Newark, Delaware
Coordinates39°33′22″N 75°46′28″W / 39.556066°N 75.774453°W / 39.556066; -75.774453
Area21.9 acres (8.9 ha)
Architectural styleGeorgian, Vernacular Georgian, Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.87002434[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 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. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Hubert F. Jicha, III (May 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Poplar Hall". National Park Service. and accompanying 11 photos