Retirement Farm

US 13, Odessa, Delaware. County/parish: New Castle.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places September 13, 1985. NRIS 85002113.

3 contributing buildings. 1 contributing structure.

Also known as:

  • N-5201
  • Vandegrift,James M.,Farm

From Wikipedia:

Retirement Farm

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+12-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.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75323573

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