Retirement Farm

Historic house in Delaware, United States

United States historic place

Retirement Farm

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Retirement Farm barn in 1982

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Location| 2256 DuPont Parkway in St. Georges Hundred, Odessa, Delaware
Coordinates| 39°30′46″N 75°38′38″W﻿ / ﻿39.512707°N 75.643879°W﻿ / 39.512707; -75.643879
Area| 5 acres (2.0 ha)
Architectural style| Late Victorian, Greek Revival, Federal
MPS| Rebuilding St. Georges Hundred 1850-1880 TR
NRHP reference No.| 85002113[1]
Added to NRHP| September 13, 1985

Retirement Farm, also known as the James M. Vandergrift Farm, is a historic home and farm located near Odessa, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in the late-19th century, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, five-bay frame, gable roofed farmhouse with a two-story rear ell. Also on the property are a small barn (c. 1800), granary (c. 1850), and barn (c. 1900). The small barn is the last known example of its kind surviving in St. Georges Hundred.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[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. ^ Paul Cherry (May 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Retirement Farm". National Park Service. and accompanying three photos

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* Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. DE-219, "Retirement Barn, U.S. Route 13, South of Route 2, Biddles Corner vicinity, New Castle County, DE", 3 photos, 1 measured drawing, 2 data pages, 1 photo caption page

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