Palmer Home Explained

Palmer Home
Location:115 American Ave., Dover, Delaware
Coordinates:39.1639°N -75.5253°W
Architect:Vaux, William S.
Architecture:Colonial Revival
Added:September 13, 1988
Refnum:88001443

Palmer Home is a historic home for the aged located at Dover, Kent County, Delaware. It was built in 1907, and is a -story, brick structure with a gable roof in the Colonial Revival style. A two-story, flat roofed wing was added in 1930. The front facade features a hip roofed porch with Doric order columns and a square balustrade. It was built by the woman's organization The King's Daughters, and remained in operation until 1987.[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=88001443}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Palmer Home]. Susanne Neale Fox . May 1988 . National Park Service. and