Odessa Historic District Explained

Odessa Historic District should not be confused with Historic Centre of Odesa.

Odessa Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Location:Bounded roughly by Appoquinimink Creek on the southeast, High St. on the northeast, 4th St. on the northwest, and Main St. on the southwest, Odessa, Delaware
Coordinates:39.4539°N -75.6564°W
Architect:Multiple
Architecture:Federal, Italian Villa, Late Victorian (original)
Greek Revival, Italianate, Federal (increase)
Added:June 21, 1971
August 9, 1984 (increase)
Refnum:71000227
84000846 (increase)

Odessa Historic District is a national historic district located at Odessa, New Castle County, Delaware. It encompasses 82 contributing buildings in the central business district and surrounding residential areas in the shipping and trading center of Odessa. It includes a mix of commercial and residential buildings primarily dating to the 18th and 19th century. The oldest building is the Collins-Sharp House (c. 1700). Other notable buildings include the Judge Lore House (c. 1830), Brick Hotel (1822), the Davis Store (1824), Cyrus Polk House (1853), Zoar ME Church (1881), Wilson-Warner House (c. 1769), Academy building (1844), Red Men Lodge (1894), and Old St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal parsonage. Also located in the district and separately listed are the Appoquinimink Friends Meetinghouse, Corbit-Sharp House, and Old St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church.[1] [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971, then increased in 1984.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=71000227}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Odessa Historic District ]. Horace L. Hotchkiss. Jr. and Dorothy W. Greer . November 1970 . National Park Service. and
  2. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=84000846}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Odessa Historic District (Boundary Increase)]. Richard T. Jett . September 1983 . National Park Service. and