Portsville Lighthouse

Portsville Lighthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	N side of CR 493, Portsville, Delaware
Coordinates	38°33′43″N 75°37′48″W / 38.56194°N 75.63000°W / 38.56194; -75.63000Coordinates: 38°33′43″N 75°37′48″W / 38.56194°N 75.63000°W / 38.56194; -75.63000
Area	1.8 acres (0.73 ha)
Built	1932
Architectural style	Other, Architectural Folly
Governing body	State
NRHP Reference #	87001514[1]
Added to NRHP	September 8, 1987

The Portsville Lighthouse is a historic house in Portsville, Sussex County, Delaware. The house is a folly, not a functional lighthouse, and is the oldest folly in Delaware. The house was built in 1932 by New York Supreme Court justice Edward R. Koch, who built the lighthouse on an existing home, store and shirt factory. Standing six stories tall, the lighthouse tower is one of the tallest buildings in inland Sussex County.^[2] The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 8, 1987.^[1]

References

v t e U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Delaware Topics Contributing property Keeper of the Register Historic district History of the National Register of Historic Places National Park Service Property types Lists by county Kent New Castle (Northern) New Castle (Southern) Sussex Lists by city Wilmington (New Castle County) Other lists Bridges National Historic Landmarks Category:National Register of Historic Places in Delaware Portal:National Register of Historic Places