Fell Historic District

Fell Historic District is a national historic district located at Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It encompasses eight contributing buildings in a steeply sloped area along Red Clay Creek. The area developed in the 19th century as a wealthy gentleman's country manufacturing/farming estate. It includes the stuccoed fieldstone, Greek Revival style Fell Mansion (c. 1835); a Romanesque Revival stone carriage house (1893); a Carpenter Gothic frame gatehouse (c. 1860); two frame tenant houses (c. 1860), one of which was built in a "Swiss Chalet" style; a stone barn and a stuccoed stone miller's residence (c. 1800); and a stone Georgian Revival dwelling dating from 1925.[2]

Fell Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Swiss chalet style tenant house, Fell Historic District, October 2011
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Location	Faulkland Rd. and New Fell's Lane, Wilmington, Delaware
Coordinates	39°44′56″N 75°38′16″W
Area	16 acres (6.5 ha)
Built	c. 1803 (1803)-1925
Architectural style	Mixed (more Than 2 Styles From Different Periods)
NRHP reference No.	83001335[1]
Added to NRHP	June 16, 1983

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Gretchen Fitting and Valerie Cesna (March 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Fell Historic District". and Accompanying eight photos