Ames Hitchens Chicken Farm Explained

Ames Hitchens Chicken Farm
Location:North of Delaware Route 24, near Millsboro, Delaware
Coordinates:38.6069°N -75.2183°W
Added:April 26, 1979
Refnum:79003311

Ames Hitchens Chicken Farm was a historic home and farm located near Millsboro, Sussex County, Delaware. It included a two-story, wood frame, gable front dwelling and two long, one-story, flatroofed buildings, used as chicken houses. It was the last of these structures still standing within the Indian River Nanticoke community.[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. It is listed on the Delaware Cultural and Historic Resources GIS system as destroyed or demolished.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=79003311}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Ames Hitchens Chicken Farm]. Richard B. Carter . November 1984.
  2. Web site: Hitchens, Ames, Chicken Farm. Delaware Cultural and Historic GIS system. State of Delaware. 18 May 2018.