Hockessin Friends Meetinghouse
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| Location | DE 275 and 254 at Meetinghouse Rd., Hockessin, Delaware |
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| Coordinates | 39°47′35″N 75°41′28″W / 39.79306°N 75.69111°WCoordinates: 39°47′35″N 75°41′28″W / 39.79306°N 75.69111°W |
| Area | 5 acres (2.0 ha) |
| Built | 1738 |
| Governing body | Private |
| NRHP Reference # | 73000510[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 20, 1973 |
Hockessin Friends Meetinghouse is a historic Quaker meeting house and national historic district located at DE 275 and 254 at Meetinghouse Road in Hockessin, New Castle County, Delaware. The district encompasses three contributing buildings and one contributing site. The meeting house was built in 1738, and is a one-story white plastered stone building with a gable roof. It has a gable roof with projecting cornice and a crown moulding at the roof line. The other contributing buildings are a stable and a frame storehouse and a stone house dated to 1817. The contributing site is the cemetery.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
- ↑ Graydon Wood and Rosemary Troy (June 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Hockessin Friends Meetinghouse". National Park Service. and accompanying three photos
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