The Springer Farm is a historic farm located at Hockessin, New Castle County, Delaware. The property includes four contributing buildings. They are a stone house (c. 1798), a stone and frame bank barn (c. 1820), a stone spring house, and a braced frame corn crib, both dated to the 19th century. The house is a two-story, gable-roofed, fieldstone structure on a coursed fieldstone foundation.[2]
Springer Farm | |
 Frame straw shed addition to the barn at the Springer Farm. | |
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| Location | 6621 Limestone Rd., Hockessin, Delaware |
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| Coordinates | 39°47′09″N 75°43′28″W / 39.785733°N 75.724313°W |
| Area | 19.3 acres (7.8 ha) |
| Built | c. 1798 |
| Architectural style | Bi-level barn |
| MPS | Agricultural Buildings and Complexes in Mill Creek Hundred, 1800--1840 TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 86003103[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 13, 1986 |
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]
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- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Hubert F. Jicha, III and Valerie Cesna (May 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Springer Farm". National Park Service. and accompanying two photos