Deer Park Farm was a historic home located at Newark in New Castle County, Delaware. It was also known as the Red Men's Fraternal Home and has since been demolished.
Deer Park Farm | |
 Deer Park Farm property, December 2010 | |
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| Location | 48 W. Park Pl., Newark, Delaware |
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| Coordinates | 39°40′30″N 75°45′21″W / 39.67500°N 75.75583°W |
| Area | 0.6 acres (0.24 ha) |
| Built | 1841 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| MPS | Newark MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 83001347[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 24, 1983 |
History
editIt was built in 1841, and was a three-story, five-bay, center-hall-plan with a shallowly-pitched roof in the Greek Revival style. It had a two-story kitchen wing and one-story library wing. It was the home of James S. Martin, a major developer in Newark in the 1840s and 1850s. In 1909, the property was sold to the Improved Order of Red Men, a fraternal organization, who used it to provide a home for retired Red Men and their wives. The Red Men complex included a farm that made it self-sufficient for providing food.[2]
From 1953 to 1971, it housed fraternities.[3] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1] Since the listing, the house has been demolished and the property occupied by a Christian Science Church.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Old Newark photo". Newark Post. Adams Publishing Group. August 4, 2021. Retrieved May 2, 2024.
- ^ Valerie Cesna and Betsy Bahr (December 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Deer Park Farm". National Park Service. Retrieved May 2, 2024. Accompanying two photos.