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Johnson Home Farm

Coordinates: 39°24′42″N 75°34′59″W / 39.41167°N 75.58306°W / 39.41167; -75.58306
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Johnson Home Farm
Johnson Home Farm is located in Delaware
Johnson Home Farm
Johnson Home Farm is located in the United States
Johnson Home Farm
Location166 Cedar Swamp Road, near Taylor's Bridge, Delaware
Coordinates39°24′42″N 75°34′59″W / 39.41167°N 75.58306°W / 39.41167; -75.58306
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1790 (1790)
Architectural styleFederal
MPSDwellings of the Rural Elite in Central Delaware MPS
NRHP reference No.92001133[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 11, 1992

Johnson Home Farm was a historic home located near Taylor's Bridge, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built about 1790, and was a two-story, five-bay, gable-roof, post-and-plank building with interior brick chimneys at each gable end. It has a center-passage plan with overall dimensions of 39 feet wide by 22 feet deep. A two-story, wood-frame kitchen wing was added in the mid-19th century. It is in the Federal style.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992,[1] and demolished before 2002.

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Bernard L. Herman, Rebecca J. Siders and Max Van Balgooy (1992). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Johnson Home Farm". National Park Service. and accompanying photo