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Robert Grose House

Coordinates: 39°31′17″N 75°35′38″W / 39.52139°N 75.59389°W / 39.52139; -75.59389
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Robert Grose House
Robert Grose House is located in Delaware
Robert Grose House
Robert Grose House is located in the United States
Robert Grose House
Location1000 Port Penn Rd., near Port Penn, Delaware
Coordinates39°31′17″N 75°35′38″W / 39.52139°N 75.59389°W / 39.52139; -75.59389
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
MPSHouse and Garden in Central Delaware MPS
NRHP reference No.01001006[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 21, 2001

Robert Grose House is a historic home located near Port Penn, New Castle County, Delaware, United States. It was built in the late-19th century, and is a two-story, two-bay, side-gable, one-room plan frame building with a 1+12-story, shed-roofed frame wing. It has an additional one-story, shed-roofed frame addition on the south elevation and a one-story, shed-roofed porch dated to the first quarter of the 20th century. The house is a typical example for a physically identifiable vernacular property type, identified as a "House and Garden".[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[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. ^ Rebecca Sheppard, Anna Andrzejewski and Deidre McCarthy (May 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Robert Grose House". National Park Service. and accompanying three photos