National Register of Historic Places

Morrow, James, House

Newark, New Castle County, Delaware
Listed
August 18, 1983
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
83001399

About this property

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. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. 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. The house is built from stone and weighs just under 500 tons. The Morrow House originally stood along with a number of outbuildings on a 24-acre parcel of farmland. 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. The owners of the building as of 2023 have since renovated the structure and opened it as coworking space.

Location

1210 Ogletown Rd.
Newark, New Castle County, Delaware
39.68581, -75.72259

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Sources

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When was Morrow, James, House listed on the National Register?

Morrow, James, House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 18, 1983.

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Morrow, James, House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Morrow, James, House is recorded as the industrial era.

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