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Dickerson Potato House

Coordinates: 38°33′0″N 75°40′28″W / 38.55000°N 75.67444°W / 38.55000; -75.67444
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Dickerson Potato House
Dickerson Potato House is located in Delaware
Dickerson Potato House
Dickerson Potato House is located in the United States
Dickerson Potato House
LocationJunction of Roads 494 and 498, near Delmar, Delaware
Coordinates38°33′0″N 75°40′28″W / 38.55000°N 75.67444°W / 38.55000; -75.67444
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Builtc. 1900
MPSSweet Potato Houses of Sussex County MPS
NRHP reference No.90001693[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 15, 1990

Dickerson Potato House is a historic potato house located near Delmar, Sussex County, Delaware. It one of the last surviving examples of its building type. It was built about 1900, and is a two-story, gable fronted, balloon frame structure on a brick foundation. It measures 30 feet 4 inches by 23 feet 3 inches. It retains a number of important elements characteristic of potato house including: multiple sheathing, gable end orientation, interior chimney, and closely fitting window hatches.[2]

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

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Judith Quinn (December 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Dickerson Potato House". and Accompanying two photos