Teddy's Tavern
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| Location | Eastern side of U.S. Route 113 (Du Pont Boulevard), 0.6 miles north of its junction with Delaware Route 16 in Cedar Creek Hundred, Ellendale, Delaware |
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| Coordinates | 38°48′53″N 75°26′19″W / 38.81472°N 75.43861°WCoordinates: 38°48′53″N 75°26′19″W / 38.81472°N 75.43861°W |
| Area | 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) |
| Built | 1923, 1937 |
| Architectural style | Mission/spanish Revival |
| Governing body | Private |
| NRHP Reference # | 91000911[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 22, 1991 |
Teddy's Tavern, originally called the Blue Hen Garage, is a historic tavern located at Ellendale, Sussex County, Delaware. It was built about 1923, as a service station catering to motorists on the newly constructed Du Pont Highway. It was and converted into a roadside tavern in 1937. It is a one-story, polychrome brick building with a low-pitched gable roof, low parapet, and exposed rafter ends in a Mission/Spanish Revival style. It features a flat-roofed "porch" supported by four massive brick and concrete conical columns. The interior consists of a package store, dining areas and a labyrinth of service rooms. It is one of the few surviving service station/roadside taverns remaining from the pre-1940 era in Delaware.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
- ↑ Steven H. Moffson (April 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Teddy's Tavern". and Accompanying 15 photos
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