Portsville Lighthouse

The Portsville Lighthouse is a historic house in Portsville, Sussex County, Delaware. The house is a folly, not a functional lighthouse, and is the oldest folly in Delaware. The house was built in 1932 by New York Supreme Court justice Edward R. Koch, who built the lighthouse on an existing home, store and shirt factory. Standing six stories tall, the lighthouse tower is one of the tallest buildings in inland Sussex County.[2] The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 8, 1987.[1]

Portsville Lighthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	N side of CR 493, Portsville, Delaware
Coordinates	38°33′43″N 75°37′48″W
Area	1.8 acres (0.73 ha)
Built	1932
Architectural style	Architectural Folly
NRHP reference No.	87001514[1]
Added to NRHP	September 8, 1987

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: Portsville Lighthouse". National Park Service. Retrieved September 19, 2012. and Accompanying photos