Charles Springer Tavern
Charles Springer Tavern | |
![]() Charles Springer Tavern, October 2011 | |
Location | 7 Stone Barn Ln., Christiana Hundred, near Wilmington, Delaware |
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Coordinates | 39°45′42″N 75°37′13″W / 39.76172°N 75.62025°W |
Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
Architectural style | Federal, Vernacular Federal |
NRHP reference No. | 92001142[1] |
Added to NRHP | September 11, 1992 |
Charles Springer Tavern, also known as the Oak Hill Inn, Four Mile Inn, and Sign of the Three Tons, is a historic inn and tavern located near Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, USA. The building is a two-story, log and stone building that evolved in four major construction phases during the period from 1750 to 1850. The oldest section is a two-story, two-bay, gable-roofed log section. A stone, two-story, two-bay, gable-roofed section was added about 1780; the roof level, window and door openings and floor levels were subsequently raised on the original log section; and a stone, 1+1⁄2-story lean-to was added on the rear wall of the log section. It has been a residence since the early 20th century. It is in a vernacular Federal style. Also on the property are the contributing ruins of a stone barn built in 1852, the ruins of a stone springhouse, and a stone mileage marker identifying the location as being four miles from the City of Wilmington.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Anne Wilson and Valerie Cesna (July 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Charles Springer Tavern". and Accompanying 18 photos