Built c. 1920 NRHP Reference # 90001700 Added to NRHP 15 November 1990 | Architectural style Other, Potato House Area 400 m² | |
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Location North of junction of Roads 68 and 451, near Laurel, Delaware MPS Sweet Potato Houses of Sussex County MPS | ||
Stanley Potato House is a historic potato house located near Laurel, Sussex County, Delaware, United States. 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 on a brick foundation. It measures 17 feet by 23 feet. It retains a number of important elements characteristic of potato house including: minimal fenestration, center aisle floor plan, double siding, and hatched loading doors.
It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
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