Supriya Ghosh (Editor)

Mermaid Tavern (Newark, Delaware)

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
NRHP Reference #
  
73000529

Floors
  
2

Added to NRHP
  
18 December 1973

Opened
  
1725

Area
  
2 ha

Mermaid Tavern (Newark, Delaware) httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Location
  
4900 Limestone Rd., northeast of Newark, Delaware

Built
  
c. 1725 (1725), c. 1750

Function
  
Polling place, Post office, Tavern

Similar
  
Newark Reservoir, St Thomas Episcopal Church, Delaware Stadium, White Clay Creek, Bob Carpenter Center

Mermaid Tavern is a historic home located at Newark, New Castle County, Delaware. The original section was built about 1725, and is a two-story, stuccoed stone structure with frame additions. The frame additions were built about 1750 and early 19th century. It has served not only as a tavern, but also as a polling place and as a post office.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

References

Mermaid Tavern (Newark, Delaware) Wikipedia