Joseph Chandler House
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Joseph Chandler House is located in Delaware
Joseph Chandler House
Joseph Chandler House is located in the United States
Joseph Chandler House
Location5826 Kennett Pike, Centreville, Delaware
Coordinates39°49′26″N 75°37′9″W / 39.82389°N 75.61917°W / 39.82389; -75.61917
Area2.1 acres (0.85 ha)
Built1800
ArchitectP.Ray Chandler & G.Noel Chandler
Architectural styleGeorgian
MPSCentreville MRA
NRHP reference No.83001390 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 13, 1983

The Joseph Chandler House, built c. 1800, is the oldest house in Centreville, New Castle County, Delaware. Centreville developed along the Kennett Pike (Delaware Route 52) starting about 1811, with its houses facing toward the pike. Nevertheless, the Chandler house faces south, away from the pike.

Dr. Joseph P. Chandler, who built the house, used it as a residence and an office. The house was later acquired by the Gregg, Carpenter and du Pont families. William S. Potter bought the house in 1935 and added brick and stone wings to the original stone house.[2]

The house was listed by the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, at the same time the nearby Centreville Historic District, Mt. Airy School No. 27, and Carpenter-Lippincott House were also listed.[3]

References

Entrance off Chandler Lane
  1. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ↑ NRHP Nomination Form
  3. ↑ Centreville MRA


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