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Fell Historic District

Coordinates: 39°44′56″N 75°38′16″W / 39.74889°N 75.63778°W / 39.74889; -75.63778
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Fell Historic District
Swiss chalet style tenant house, Fell Historic District, October 2011
Fell Historic District is located in Delaware
Fell Historic District
Fell Historic District is located in the United States
Fell Historic District
LocationFaulkland Rd. and New Fell's Lane, Wilmington, Delaware
Coordinates39°44′56″N 75°38′16″W / 39.74889°N 75.63778°W / 39.74889; -75.63778
Area16 acres (6.5 ha)
Builtc. 1803 (1803)-1925
Architectural styleMixed (more Than 2 Styles From Different Periods)
NRHP reference No.83001335[1]
Added to NRHPJune 16, 1983

Fell Historic District is a national historic district located at Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It encompasses eight contributing buildings in a steeply sloped area along Red Clay Creek. The area developed in the 19th century as a wealthy gentleman's country manufacturing/farming estate. It includes the stuccoed fieldstone, Greek Revival style Fell Mansion (c. 1835); a Romanesque Revival stone carriage house (1893); a Carpenter Gothic frame gatehouse (c. 1860); two frame tenant houses (c. 1860), one of which was built in a "Swiss Chalet" style; a stone barn and a stuccoed stone miller's residence (c. 1800); and a stone Georgian Revival dwelling dating from 1925.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[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. ^ Gretchen Fitting and Valerie Cesna (March 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Fell Historic District". and Accompanying eight photos