Built c. 1900 NRHP Reference # 90001693 Added to NRHP 15 November 1990 | Architectural style Other, Potato house Area 400 m² | |
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Location Junction of Roads 494 and 498, near Delmar, Delaware MPS Sweet Potato Houses of Sussex County MPS | ||
Dickerson Potato House is a historic potato house located near Delmar, Sussex County, Delaware. It one of the last surviving examples of its building type. It was built about 1900, and is a two-story, gable fronted, balloon frame structure on a brick foundation. It measures 30 feet 4 inches by 23 feet 3 inches. It retains a number of important elements characteristic of potato house including: multiple sheathing, gable end orientation, interior chimney, and closely fitting window hatches.
It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
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