Phillips Potato House Explained

Phillips Potato House
Coordinates:38.5556°N -75.6164°W
Built:c. 1900
Added:November 15, 1990
Refnum:90001697

Phillips Potato House is a historic potato house located near Laurel, Sussex County, Delaware. It one of the last surviving examples of its building type. It was built about 1900, and is a two-story, balloon frame structure on a concrete foundation and with a gable roof. It measures 24 feet by 29 feet, and is sheathed in green asbestos shingles over original weatherboards.[1]

It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=90001697}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Phillips Potato House]. Judith Quinn . December 1987. and