George Evans House

George Evans House
George Evans House, April 2010
Location: 5 W. Main St., Newark, Delaware
Area: 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built: 1856
Architectural style: Italianate
Governing body: State
MPS: Newark MRA
NRHP Reference#: 82002342[1]
Added to NRHP: May 7, 1982

George Evans House, owned by the University of Delaware, is a historic home located at Newark in New Castle County, Delaware. It was completed in 1863 and is a 2½-story, brick structure with a stone foundation, "T" shaped plan, and cross gable roof. The main facade is three bays, featuring a one-bay portico supported by Doric order columns. Its builder, George Gillespie Evans served as Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the University of Delaware from 1856 to 1903.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

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