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Wright House (Newark, Delaware)

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Built
  
1922 (1922)

NRHP Reference #
  
82002352

Area
  
1 ha

MPS
  
Newark MRA

Opened
  
1922

Added to NRHP
  
7 May 1982

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Location
  
47 Kent Way, Newark, Delaware

Architectural style
  
Colonial Revival architecture

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

Wright House is a historic home located at Newark, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1922 and is a 2 12-story "E"-shaped brick dwelling with a five-bay front facade. It is in the Colonial Revival style. It features a three bay main portico with fluted Corinthian order columns and a frame porte cochere. The house was purchased by the University of Delaware after 1950 and serves as the home of the University President.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

References

Wright House (Newark, Delaware) Wikipedia