Phillips Potato House


Phillips Potato House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Southwest of junction of Roads 492 and 492A, near Laurel, Delaware
Coordinates	38°33′20″N 75°36′59″W / 38.55556°N 75.61639°W / 38.55556; -75.61639Coordinates: 38°33′20″N 75°36′59″W / 38.55556°N 75.61639°W / 38.55556; -75.61639
Area	0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built	c. 1900
Architectural style	Other, Potato house
MPS	Sweet Potato Houses of Sussex County MPS
NRHP Reference #	90001697^[1]
Added to NRHP	November 15, 1990

Phillips Potato House is a historic potato house located near Laurel, Sussex County, Delaware. It one of the last surviving examples of its building type. It was built about 1900, and is a two-story, balloon frame structure on a concrete foundation and with a gable roof. It measures 24 feet by 29 feet, and is sheathed in green asbestos shingles over original weatherboards.^[2]

It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Judith Quinn (December 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Phillips Potato House" (PDF). 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)

Other lists	Bridges National Historic Landmarks

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

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