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Richards Historic District

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Built by
  
Richards, John

NRHP Reference #
  
83003522

Year built
  
1758

Architectural style
  
Italianate, Queen Anne

Area
  
57 ha

Added to NRHP
  
15 December 1983

Richards Historic District

Location
  
Road 34, Greenwood, Delaware

Richards Historic District is a national historic district located in Greenwood, Sussex County, Delaware. The district includes 21 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site encompassing portions of three separate farms with three groupings of farm buildings. The farms are Poplar Level Farm, Locust Grove Farm, and Middle Space Farm. The three houses in the district were constructed by various members of the Richards family between 1758 and 1868. The earliest structure in the district is Poplar Level, the main section of which was built about 1758 by John Richards.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

References

Richards Historic District Wikipedia