Built c. 1900 NRHP Reference # 90001697 Added to NRHP 15 November 1990 | Architectural style Other, Potato house Area 400 m² | |
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Location Southwest of junction of Roads 492 and 492A, near Laurel, Delaware MPS Sweet Potato Houses of Sussex County MPS | ||
Phillips 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 1900, and is a two-story, balloon frame structure on a concrete foundation and with a gable roof. It measures 24 feet by 29 feet, and is sheathed in green asbestos shingles over original weatherboards.
It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
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