Chelsea (Delaware City, Delaware) Explained

Chelsea
Coordinates:39.5769°N -75.599°W
Architecture:Greek Revival, Italianate, Peach Mansion
Added:April 8, 1982
Refnum:82002325

Chelsea is a historic home located in Delaware City, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1848 by Thomas Clark, and is a three-story, three-bay-square brick block with a low, almost flat, hipped roof surmounted by a widow's walk. It is in a regional variation of the Italianate / Greek Revival style. It has a low, one-story wing at the east side, a wide, one-story glass-enclosed front porch and a large, two-story addition to the rear of the house.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=82002325}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Chelsea ]. Richard T. Jett and Gretchen Fitting. July 1979 . National Park Service. and