Palmer Home

Palmer Home
Location 115 American Ave., Dover, Delaware
Coordinates 39°9′50″N 75°31′31″W / 39.16389°N 75.52528°W / 39.16389; -75.52528Coordinates: 39°9′50″N 75°31′31″W / 39.16389°N 75.52528°W / 39.16389; -75.52528
Area 1.1 acres (0.45 ha)
Built 1907 (1907)
Architectural style Colonial Revival
NRHP Reference # 88001443[1]
Added to NRHP September 13, 1988

Palmer Home is a historic home for the aged located at Dover, Kent County, Delaware. It was built in 1907, and is a 2 1/2-story, brick structure with a gable roof in the Colonial Revival style. A two-story, flat roofed wing was added in 1930. The front facade features a hip roofed porch with Doric order columns and a square balustrade. It was built by the woman's organization The King's Daughters, and remained in operation until 1987.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Susanne Neale Fox (May 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Palmer Home" (PDF). National Park Service. and Accompanying 18 photos


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