Old Post Office (Kirkwood, Delaware)

Old Post Office is a historic home and post office building located at Kirkwood, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built about 1870, and is a two-story, five-bay, frame double house with a mansard roof in the Second Empire style. The roof has decorative slate and the front facade features a full-width porch supported by five chamfered, wooden posts. Part of the house was once occupied by a post office and store.[2]

Old Post Office
Old Post Office (Kirkwood, Delaware) is located in Delaware
Old Post Office (Kirkwood, Delaware)
Old Post Office (Kirkwood, Delaware) is located in the United States
Old Post Office (Kirkwood, Delaware)
Location3616 Kirkwood St. Georges Rd.,
Kirkwood, Delaware
Coordinates39°34′16″N 75°41′47″W / 39.57100°N 75.69644°W / 39.57100; -75.69644
Area1.6 acres (0.65 ha)
Builtc. 1870 (1870)
Architectural styleSecond Empire, Mansard
MPSRed Lion Hundred MRA
NRHP reference No.82002330[1]
Added to NRHPApril 8, 1982

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[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. ^ Richard T. Jett and Gretchen Fitting (July 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Old Post Office". National Park Service. and accompanying photo