Dodd Homestead | |
Location: | West of Rehoboth Beach on Delaware Route 1, near Rehoboth Beach, Delaware |
Coordinates: | 38.7169°N -75.1111°W |
Built: | c. |
Architecture: | Greek Revival, Federal |
Added: | August 26, 1982 |
Refnum: | 82002367 |
Dodd Homestead was a historic home and farmstead located near Rehoboth Beach, Sussex County, Delaware. It was a modified L-shaped, wood-frame dwelling, the earliest portion of which dated to about 1830. The main house was a long, rectangular, two-story, single-pile structure in a vernacular Federal / Greek Revival style. It had a wing, that was originally one-story. but later raised to a full two stories, probably in the mid-19th century. There was also a two-story rear wing. The house was sheathed in hand-hewn cypress shingles and had stuccoed brick interior end chimneys. Contributing 19th century outbuildings included a low brick ash shed, milk house, wood shed, storage shed, a small shed-roofed poultry house, stable, barn, a large gable-roofed dairy barn, corn crib, and carriage house.[1]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It is listed on the Delaware Cultural and Historic Resources GIS system as demolished or destroyed.[2]