Augustine Beach Hotel


Augustine Beach Hotel
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Augustine Beach Hotel, December 2011
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Location	South of Port Penn on Delaware Route 9, near Port Penn, Delaware
Coordinates	39°30′27″N 75°34′47″W / 39.50750°N 75.57972°W / 39.50750; -75.57972Coordinates: 39°30′27″N 75°34′47″W / 39.50750°N 75.57972°W / 39.50750; -75.57972
Area	5 acres (2.0 ha)
NRHP Reference #	73000537^[1]
Added to NRHP	April 3, 1973

Augustine Beach Hotel is a historic hotel located at Augustine Beach near Port Penn, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built about 1814, and is a two-story, six bay by three bay, brick building with a gable roof. It has a hipped roof porch and a five bay, shed-roofed brick dependency. Its peak period of use was between about 1870 and 1920. The Hotel derives its name from one of the most colorful of Delaware's early inhabitants, Augustine Herrmann.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Vincent Rogers and Rosemary Troy (July 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Augustine Beach Hotel" (PDF). National Park Service. and accompanying two photos

U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Delaware

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Lists by county	Kent New Castle (Northern) New Castle (Southern) Sussex

Lists by city	Wilmington (New Castle County)

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Category:National Register of Historic Places in Delaware Portal:National Register of Historic Places

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