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Grier House

Coordinates: 38°54′32″N 75°26′7″W / 38.90889°N 75.43528°W / 38.90889; -75.43528
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Grier House
Grier House is located in Delaware
Grier House
Grier House is located in the United States
Grier House
Location301 Lakeview Ave., Milford, Delaware
Coordinates38°54′32″N 75°26′7″W / 38.90889°N 75.43528°W / 38.90889; -75.43528
Area2.8 acres (1.1 ha)
Built1890; 134 years ago (1890)
ArchitectMorris & Whiteside
Architectural styleClassical Revival, Queen Anne
MPSMilford MRA
NRHP reference No.83001410[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 7, 1983

Grier House, also known as Rogers Funeral Home, is a historic home located at Milford, Sussex County, Delaware. It was built in 1890, and is a two-story, five-bay, center-hall, frame dwelling in the Queen Anne style. It has hipped roof is pierced with dormers that have rounded window cornice heads. It features a projecting center bay that includes the entrance block, a Palladian window, and a two-story portico with slender, paired, fluted Ionic order columns. A porch extends a round the side and on the other side is a porte cochere. Between 1921 and 1923 the owner, Dr. Frank L. Grier, remodelled the house. The house was used as a funeral home.[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. ^ unknown (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Grier House". and Accompanying two photos