Retirement Farm Explained

Retirement Farm
Location:2256 DuPont Parkway in St. Georges Hundred, Odessa, Delaware
Coordinates:39.5127°N -75.6439°W
Architecture:Late Victorian, Greek Revival, Federal
Added:September 13, 1985
Refnum:85002113

Retirement Farm, also known as the James M. Vandergrift Farm, is a historic home and farm located near Odessa, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in the late-19th century, and is a -story, five-bay frame, gable roofed farmhouse with a two-story rear ell. Also on the property are a small barn (c. 1800), granary (c. 1850), and barn (c. 1900). The small barn is the last known example of its kind surviving in St. Georges Hundred.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=85002113}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Retirement Farm ]. Paul Cherry . May 1985 . National Park Service. and