Built c. 1920 NRHP Reference # 90001695 Added to NRHP 15 November 1990 | Architectural style Other, Potato house Area 400 m² | |
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Location Junction of Roads 480 and 489, near Laurel, Delaware MPS Sweet Potato Houses of Sussex County MPS | ||
E. L. Hitch Potato House is a historic potato house located near Laurel, Sussex County, Delaware. It one of the last surviving examples of its building type. It was built about 1920, and is a 1 1/2-story, gable fronted, balloon frame structure. It retains a number of important elements characteristic of potato house including: minimal fenestration, triple siding, interior and exterior doors, tightly shuttered windows, interior chimney, and storage bins.
It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
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E. L. Hitch Potato House Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA