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Richards Historic District

Coordinates: 38°47′15″N 75°38′26″W / 38.78750°N 75.64056°W / 38.78750; -75.64056
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Richards Historic District
Locust Grove
Richards Historic District is located in Delaware
Richards Historic District
Richards Historic District is located in the United States
Richards Historic District
LocationRoad 34, Greenwood, Delaware
Coordinates38°47′15″N 75°38′26″W / 38.78750°N 75.64056°W / 38.78750; -75.64056
Area141.1 acres (57.1 ha)
Built1758 (1758)
Built byJohn Richards
Architectural styleItalianate, Queen Anne
NRHP reference No.83003522[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 15, 1983

Richards Historic District is a national historic district located in Greenwood, Sussex County, Delaware. The district includes 21 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site encompassing portions of three separate farms with three groupings of farm buildings. The farms are Poplar Level Farm, Locust Grove Farm, and Middle Space Farm. The three houses in the district were constructed by various members of the Richards family between 1758 and 1868. The earliest structure in the district is Poplar Level, the main section of which was built about 1758 by John Richards.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ T. Catherine Adams (1981–1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Richards Historic District". and Accompanying 60 photos