James Morrow House

James Morrow House

The James Morrow House in 2012
Location 1210 Ogletown Road, Newark, Delaware
Coordinates 39°41′11.3″N 75°43′34″W / 39.686472°N 75.72611°W / 39.686472; -75.72611Coordinates: 39°41′11.3″N 75°43′34″W / 39.686472°N 75.72611°W / 39.686472; -75.72611
Area 24.5 acres (9.9 ha)
Built 1865 (1865)
MPS White Clay Creek Hundred MRA
NRHP Reference # 83001399[1]
Added to NRHP August 19, 1983

The James Morrow House is a historic farmhouse in Newark, Delaware. It was built in the late 1860s by James Morrow, an Irish immigrant who owned a store in Wilmington. The building is locally significant for its unusual architecture, which features both a gambrel roof and a raised basement.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

The house has one and a half stories on top of a partially above-ground basement. The facade is symmetrical, with two bays on either side of a flat-roofed porch. The exterior walls are stuccoed with green trim and large sash windows. The house has an asphalt-shingled gambrel roof with bracketed cornices and three gable dormer windows on each side.[2] The house is built from stone and weighs just under 500 tons.[3]

The Morrow House originally stood along with a number of outbuildings on a 24-acre parcel of farmland.[2] In 2008, after being empty for a number of years, the house was cut off at the foundation and moved some 300 feet (91 m) to the west in order to clear the site for new development.[4][5] The owners of the building planned to renovate it and convert it into office space; however as of 2012 the house remains vacant.

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 Gretchen Fitting; Richard Jett; Valeria Cesna (May 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: James Morrow House" (PDF). National Park Service and accompanying photos. Retrieved 2010-04-20. External link in |publisher= (help)
  3. ↑ "Wolfe House & Building Movers: Projects - Newark, DE". Wolfe House & Building Movers. Retrieved 2015-01-12.
  4. ↑ Key, Lindsay (July 6, 2008). "Historic house to be moved for car dealership". The News Journal. Wilmington, Del. p. B3.
  5. ↑ Kenney, Edward L. (August 2, 2008). "House not far from home". The News Journal. Wilmington, Del. p. A1.
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