Built c. 1915 NRHP Reference # 90001698 Added to NRHP 15 November 1990 | Architectural style Other, Potato house Area 400 m² | |
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Location Southeast of junction of Roads 493 and 494, near Laurel, Delaware MPS Sweet Potato Houses of Sussex County MPS | ||
Ralph 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 1915, and is a 1 1/2-story, gable fronted, balloon frame structure on a brick foundation. It retains a number of important elements characteristic of potato house including: double sheathing, an interior brick chimney, shuttered openings, and gaps between walls and floorboards.
It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
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