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Springer Farm (Newark, Delaware)

Coordinates: 39°47′09″N 75°43′28″W / 39.785733°N 75.724313°W / 39.785733; -75.724313
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Springer Farm
Frame straw shed addition to the barn at the Springer Farm.
Springer Farm (Newark, Delaware) is located in Delaware
Springer Farm (Newark, Delaware)
Springer Farm (Newark, Delaware) is located in the United States
Springer Farm (Newark, Delaware)
Location6621 Limestone Rd., Hockessin, Delaware
Coordinates39°47′09″N 75°43′28″W / 39.785733°N 75.724313°W / 39.785733; -75.724313
Area19.3 acres (7.8 ha)
Builtc. 1798
Architectural styleBi-level barn
MPSAgricultural Buildings and Complexes in Mill Creek Hundred, 1800--1840 TR
NRHP reference No.86003103[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 13, 1986

The Springer Farm is a historic farm located at Hockessin, New Castle County, Delaware. The property includes four contributing buildings. They are a stone house (c. 1798), a stone and frame bank barn (c. 1820), a stone spring house, and a braced frame corn crib, both dated to the 19th century. The house is a two-story, gable-roofed, fieldstone structure on a coursed fieldstone foundation.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Hubert F. Jicha, III and Valerie Cesna (May 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Springer Farm". National Park Service. and accompanying two photos