Augustine Beach Hotel Explained

Augustine Beach Hotel
Location:South of Port Penn on Delaware Route 9, near Port Penn, Delaware
Coordinates:39.5075°N -75.5797°W
Added:April 3, 1973
Refnum:73000537

Augustine Beach Hotel is a historic hotel located at Augustine Beach near Port Penn, New Castle County, Delaware. It was erected about 1814, and is a two-story, six bay by three bay, brick building with a gable roof. It has a hipped roof porch and a five bay, shed-roofed brick dependency. Its peak period of use was between about 1870 and 1920. The Hotel derives its name from one of the most colorful of Delaware's early inhabitants, Augustine Herrmann.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=73000537}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Augustine Beach Hotel ]. Vincent Rogers and Rosemary Troy. July 1972 . National Park Service. and