Chambers House (Hopkins Bridge Road, Newark, Delaware)

Coordinates: 39°43′38″N 75°46′05″W / 39.727233°N 75.768026°W / 39.727233; -75.768026
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Chambers House
The main entrance of the Chambers House, now a park nature center
Chambers House (Hopkins Bridge Road, Newark, Delaware) is located in Delaware
Chambers House (Hopkins Bridge Road, Newark, Delaware)
Chambers House (Hopkins Bridge Road, Newark, Delaware) is located in the United States
Chambers House (Hopkins Bridge Road, Newark, Delaware)
LocationCreek and Hopkins Bridge Rds., near Newark, Delaware
Coordinates39°43′38″N 75°46′05″W / 39.727233°N 75.768026°W / 39.727233; -75.768026
Area0.7 acres (0.28 ha)
Architectural styleBank house
NRHP reference No.88003132[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 29, 1988

Chambers House, also known as "Stairways", is a historic home located near Newark, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built between 1816 and 1852, and is a two- to three-story, Penn Plan bank house built of uncoursed fieldstone. It has a one and two story frame addition at the east of the house dated to the late 19th century.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ unknown (June 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Chambers House". National Park Service. and accompanying 14 photos