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Philip Reading Tannery

Coordinates: 39°27′2″N 75°42′44″W / 39.45056°N 75.71222°W / 39.45056; -75.71222
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Philip Reading Tannery
Philip Reading Tannery is located in Delaware
Philip Reading Tannery
Philip Reading Tannery is located in the United States
Philip Reading Tannery
Location201 E. Main St., Middletown, Delaware
Coordinates39°27′2″N 75°42′44″W / 39.45056°N 75.71222°W / 39.45056; -75.71222
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Builtc. 1780 (1780)
NRHP reference No.78000897[1]
Added to NRHPApril 26, 1978

Philip Reading Tannery, also known as Green's Barn, is a historic tannery building located at Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built about 1780, and is a two-story, brick structure measuring 106 feet long by 30 feet wide. It is a rare surviving 18th-century industrial building that has been converted into a cow barn.[2]

Empty lot at 201 E. Main in Middletown in 2013. The tannery appears to have been demolished.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[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. ^ Edward F. Heite (March 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Philip Reading Tannery". National Park Service. and accompanying six photos