Phillips Potato House

Coordinates: 38°33′20″N 75°36′59″W / 38.55556°N 75.61639°W / 38.55556; -75.61639
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Phillips Potato House
MPS
Sweet Potato Houses of Sussex County MPS
NRHP reference No.90001697[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 15, 1990

Phillips Potato House is a historic potato house located near Laurel, Sussex County, Delaware. It one of the last surviving examples of its building type. It was built about 1900, and is a two-story, balloon frame structure on a concrete foundation and with a gable roof. It measures 24 feet by 29 feet, and is sheathed in green asbestos shingles over original weatherboards.[2]

It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Judith Quinn (December 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Phillips Potato House". and Accompanying two photos