Philip Reading Tannery

Philip Reading Tannery, also known as Green's Barn, is a historic tannery building located at Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built about 1780, and is a two-story, brick structure measuring 106 feet long by 30 feet wide. It is a rare surviving 18th-century industrial building that has been converted into a cow barn.[2]

Empty lot at 201 E. Main in Middletown in 2013. The tannery appears to have been demolished.
Philip Reading Tannery
Location201 E. Main St., Middletown, Delaware
Coordinates39°27′2″N 75°42′44″W
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Builtc. 1780 (1780)
NRHP reference No.78000897[1]
Added to NRHPApril 26, 1978

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

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