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Item Augustine Beach Hotel(2013-04-23) Sheppard, Rebecca J.; Morrissey, Catherine; Blair, Melissa; Bonnano, Katie; Engel, Andrew; Keeley, Laura; Nichols, Jennifer; Pouch, TimThe Augustine Beach Hotel was documented by the Mid-Atlantic Historic Buildings and Landscapes Survey crew in the spring of 2012 as part of the Center for Historic Architecture and Design’s ongoing documentation of historic resources in New Castle County, Delaware. The project includes a written report, seven AutoCAD drawings of the hotel as well as Delaware Cultural Resource Survey (CRS) forms 12 and 13 which contain the photo log and photos for the submitted report.Item Cultural Resource Survey and Evaluation Report: Milton, Delaware(2009) Sheppard, Rebecca J.; Shaw, Stephanie; Walker, Victoria; Toney, Kimberly; Cole, Anna Blinn; Lodal, Gena; Selway, Rachel; Olsen, Allison; Schmidt, LauraThis report is a survey and physical evaluation of historic properties outside of the National Register of Historic Places Milton Historic District in the Town of Milton, Sussex County, Delaware (S-1110). The purpose of this report is four-fold: 1) to report the initial documentation of the historic properties in the form of a cultural resource survey; 2) to identify the properties potentially eligible for inclusion in an expansion of the existing National Register district; 3) to identify properties that should be protected for the good of the town by a local historic zoning ordinance; 4) and to expand the historic background of the survey area into the late twentieth century and to recognize the roles played by people of color. The Town of Milton hired the Center for Historic Architecture and Design (CHAD), University of Delaware, to conduct this survey in two phases, from September 2007 through January 2009. Funding for the work was provided by the town, a matching funds CLG grant from the Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs, and matching funds from CHAD.Item The House and Garden in Central Delaware, 1780-1930+/-(2010-02-26T19:44:50Z) Sheppard, Rebecca J.; Andrzejewski, Anna; McCarthy, Deidre C.In response to demographic pressures, changing agricultural practices, and the influence of agricultural reform writers, central Delaware farmers began to develop new strategies for dealing with married agricultural laborers and their families during the nineteenth century. They constructed dwellings specifically designed to house these laborers and established lease-labor arrangements that governed both labor obligations and housing rental. Known as a "house and garden," these buildings typically took the form of one finished room and a rough kitchen shed on the ground floor, with a winder stair leading to a second room under the roof. Characterized by extremely plain finish on walls and architectural elements, and built tobe easily portable, the dwellings sat on a small plot of ground suitable for a garden and a few animals. Variations in the physical form of the house and garden dwelling include orientation to the road (either gable or elevation), height (1 1/2 or 2 full stories), the number of bays on the front elevation (usually two or three), and the position of a shed (gable end, rear elevation, or none).Item McIntire House, Delaware(2000) Puleo, Kevin; Anishanslin-Bernhardt, Zara; Killinger, Sarah; Sheppard, Rebecca J.The McIntire House is a typical example of the housing standard for farmers in southern New Castle County during the nineteenth century. The house began as a two-story side-passage plan dwelling in the 1840s, built to replace an earlier log dwelling, and was expanded to become a central-hall plan circa 1870.Item Neighborhood Property History: Jamison's Corner and Shallcross Lake Vicinity Saint Georges Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware(2002) Yost, Heather; Bernhardt, Jonathan; Dobbs, Kelli W.; Sheppard, Rebecca J.Item The Old Stone Tavern(2002) Marshall, Karen; Dobbs, Kelli W.; Sheppard, Rebecca J.The Old Stone Tavern is one of two remaining examples of early nineteenth century architecture in Kent County, Delaware, utilizing Piedmont stone. All three of the documented buildings that reflect this construction style in Kent County can be traced directly to Manlove Hayes (d. 1849). These are the Old Stone Tavern (c. 1822), the Octagonal Schoolhouse (1834) and the stone addition at Hayes' personal residence, York Seat (1826.) The York Seat property is no longer standing.Item Polk-Atkinson House(2005) Sheppard, Rebecca J.; Benge, Rebecca; Boyd, Heather; Johnson, Melanie; Miller, Lori; Walsh, ConnieThe Polk-Atkinson House is located on the south side of Fieldsboro Road, approximately 0.5 miles west of its intersection with Taylors Bridge Landing Road (State Route 9), in Appoquinimink Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware. The house is all that remains of the farm complex that once supported a roughly 300-acre farming operation. The outbuildings were removed in the fall of 2005, prior to the documentation process. The house sits on a lot within the subdivision of Odessa National, which is currently under construction.Item Reconstructing Delaware’s Free Black Communities, 1800-1870(2010-09-27) Sheppard, Rebecca J.; Toney, Kimberly; Koch, Rebecca; Greene, Keonna; Olsen, Allison; Selway, Rachel; Downes, Rebecca; Bunce, Emily; Laurel, Sarah; Protokowicz, Elizabeth; Triandos, Ted; Fangman, Ann; Joshi, MiliThe current study, conducted by CHAD and funded by the National Park Service through the URCD, initially began with two straight-forward research objectives: 1) to uncover the role of free black communities in the Underground Railroad in Delaware, and 2) to identify the use of water routes to escape from or through the state. As the project evolved, several more goals were added, reflecting some of the issues and complications encountered during the research. These objectives focused primarily on the research methodologies developed in conjunction with the initial goals: 3) to create a methodology for the study of free black communities in Delaware; 4) to develop a strategy for mapping the known data about free black communities and UGRR routes through Delaware; and 5) to identify a list of further research needs. This report is broken into several sections that reflect these objectives. First, the introduction includes a detailed explanation of the methodology developed to study free black communities, as well as identification of some of the common problems with the process and the biasesof the records available. Second, the section on free black communities provides both an overview for the patterns seen across the state and a series of case studies that explore the particular circumstances of five different communities. Each of the case studies addresses the particular issues related to the methodology and sources for that location. The results of the mapping research are incorporated into the overview discussion of free black communities and into a separate section discussing potential routes for freedom-seekers.A final section addresses areas of future research needs.Item Threatened Buildings Documented in Delaware, 1998-1999(1999) van den Hurk, Jeroen; Sheppard, Rebecca J.; Dobbs, Kelli W.; Adams, Cynthia; Cathey, Jennifer A.; Derry, Diane; Herman, Bernard L.; Klee, Jeff; Knock, PatriciaBetween September 1998 and June 1999, CHAD students and staff documented eight properties located throughout the state, including a kitchen/slave quarter, a nineteenth century urban commercial block, several farm dwellings, a Methodist church, and a log stable. Sites were documented in all three counties in Delaware, in both urban and rural settings.Item Threatened Buildings Documented in Delaware, 1999-2000: Charles I. du Pont Tenant Farm(1999-11) Paulus, Emily; Sheppard, Rebecca J.; Dobbs, Kelli W.; Maclean, Sharon; Cathey, Jennifer A.; Puleo, Kevin; Killinger, Sarah; Breithaupt, Lindsey; Richards, Amy; Brossman, Romy; Everett, Jeffrey; Kershaw, Christie; Johnson, AmyThe Charles I. du Pont Tenant Farm House stands today as an example of a finely detailed, mid-to-late eighteenth century rural dwelling. Although architectural evidence suggests that a member of Kent County's rural elite built the dwelling, the farm served from an early date as a tenant property. Outbuildings on the farm date primarily from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, when the du Pont family owned the property. The farm complex provides an excellent example of the use of agricultural tenancy as a strategy for generating income, particularly in its connection with the dairy industry.Item Threatened Buildings Documented in Delaware, 1999-2000: Cherbourg Round Barn(1999-10) Paulus, Emily; Sheppard, Rebecca J.; Dobbs, Kelli W.; Maclean, Sharon; Cathey, Jennifer A.; Puleo, Kevin; Killinger, Sarah; Breithaupt, Lindsey; Richards, Amy; Brossman, Romy; Everett, Jeffrey; Kershaw, Christie; Johnson, AmyOne of the most architecturally distinctive agricultural outbuildings in Delaware, the Cherbourg Round Barn is significant on several accounts. The only barn of its type in the state, it demonstrates an innovative approach to the problems associated with the shelter and nourishment of cattle. The circular plan maximized the ground floor space and facilitated routine cleaning of the living and feeding area. The unusual roof permitted the storage of large amounts of hay in proximity to the feeding area below, while the adjacent silos provided convenient storage for additional food supplements.Item Threatened Buildings Documented in Delaware, 1999-2000: Hayes-Campbell Tenant House(1999-10) Paulus, Emily; Sheppard, Rebecca J.; Dobbs, Kelli W.; Maclean, Sharon; Cathey, Jennifer A.; Puleo, Kevin; Killinger, Sarah; Breithaupt, Lindsey; Richards, Amy; Brossman, Romy; Everett, Jeffrey; Kershaw, Christie; Johnson, AmyThe Hayes-Campbell Tenant House, which dates to the third quarter of the nineteenth century, is significant as one of the few remnants of Bombay Hook’s nineteenth century agricultural landscape. Secondly, it is significant for its framing system, which combines elements of heavy braced-frame construction with lighter balloon-frame construction.Item Threatened Buildings Documented in Delaware, 1999-2000: Jehu M. Reed House(2000-02) Paulus, Emily; Sheppard, Rebecca J.; Dobbs, Kelli W.; Maclean, Sharon; Cathey, Jennifer A.; Puleo, Kevin; Killinger, Sarah; Breithaupt, Lindsey; Richards, Amy; Brossman, Romy; Everett, Jeffrey; Kershaw, Christie; Johnson, AmyThe Jehu M. Reed House is significant on several accounts. 1 For more than 200 years, from 1685 through 1912, the property maintained an association with the Reed family, a well-known and prominent Central Delaware family. Constructed in 1771, the house was expanded in 1868 to both accommodate and express the lifestyle of Jehu M. Reed, an agricultural pioneer and benefactor whose advances and techniques in farming helped foster Delaware's peach and apple industry. Additionally, the house stands as an exemplary breed of rural Mid-Atlantic architecture that melds the original fabric of a Georgian structure with an Italianate/Victorian plantation house.Item Threatened Buildings Documented in Delaware, 1999-2000: John Barber House(1999-10) Maclean, Sharon; Cathey, Jennifer A.; Puleo, Kevin; Paulus, Emily; Sheppard, Rebecca J.; Dobbs, Kelli W.; Killinger, Sarah; Breithaupt, Lindsey; Richards, Amy; Brossman, Romy; Everett, Jeffrey; Kershaw, Christie; Johnson, AmyThe John Barber House is significant both as a log dwelling dating to the second quarter of the nineteenth century and for its association with the practice of tenant farming common in Kent County.Item Threatened Buildings Documented in Delaware, 1999-2000: Joseph Crawford House(2000-03) Paulus, Emily; Sheppard, Rebecca J.; Dobbs, Kelli W.; Maclean, Sharon; Cathey, Jennifer A.; Puleo, Kevin; Killinger, Sarah; Breithaupt, Lindsey; Richards, Amy; Brossman, Romy; Everett, Jeffrey; Kershaw, Christie; Johnson, AmyConstructed ca. 1855, the Joseph Crawford House is an unusual survivor as a log dwelling that retains a high degree of its architectural integrity. The Period I section is entirely intact and features a hall-chamber plan with the interior walls completely exposed on both the first and second floors.Item Threatened Buildings Documented in Delaware, 1999-2000: Mansion Farm Tenement(1999-11) Paulus, Emily; Sheppard, Rebecca J.; Dobbs, Kelli W.; Maclean, Sharon; Cathey, Jennifer A.; Puleo, Kevin; Killinger, Sarah; Breithaupt, Lindsey; Richards, Amy; Brossman, Romy; Everett, Jeffrey; Kershaw, Christie; Johnson, AmyConstructed in the mid nineteenth-century the Mansion Farm Tenement was a rare survivor of an unusual building type, the double agricultural tenement.Item Threatened Buildings Documented in Delaware, 1999-2000: Woodland Beach Schoolhouse(1999-10) Paulus, Emily; Sheppard, Rebecca J.; Dobbs, Kelli W.; Maclean, Sharon; Cathey, Jennifer A.; Puleo, Kevin; Killinger, Sarah; Breithaupt, Lindsey; Richards, Amy; Brossman, Romy; Everett, Jeffrey; Kershaw, Christie; Johnson, AmyConstructed in the last quarter of the nineteenth century, the Woodland Beach Schoolhouse is significant as one of very few one-room schoolhouses surviving intact in Delaware.Item Threatened Buildings Documented in Delaware, 1999-2000:John T. Simmons Farmstead(1999-10) Paulus, Emily; Sheppard, Rebecca J.; Dobbs, Kelli W.; Maclean, Sharon; Cathey, Jennifer A.; Puleo, Kevin; Killinger, Sarah; Breithaupt, Lindsey; Richards, Amy; Brossman, Romy; Everett, Jeffrey; Kershaw, Christie; Johnson, AmyThe John T. Simmons Farmstead is locally significant in terms of mid-to-late nineteenth century agriculture and architecture. The dwelling provides an excellent example of the mid-nineteenth century rebuilding of rural Delaware when agricultural reforms coincided with construction of new dwellings and outbuildings, and also with expansion and improvement of existing buildings. The agricultural outbuildings in the complex, particularly the drive-through crib/granary and dairy barn, contribute to the significance of the property as architectural expressions of the evolution of agriculture in the later nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.