Mondamon Farm is a historic home and farm complex located near
Odessa
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,
New Castle County, Delaware
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. The original section was built about 1840. It is a -story, five-bay frame dwelling with a two-bay, two-story shed roof service ell. Also on the property is a frame
granary
A granary is a storehouse or room in a barn for threshed grain or animal feed. Ancient or primitive granaries are most often made of pottery. Granaries are often built above the ground to keep the stored food away from mice and other animal ...
, barn, and 19th-century earthfast
hay barrack
A hay barrack (haybarrack) is an open structure with a movable roof for storing loose hay on a farm. Hay barracks were widespread in northern Europe in medieval times, also found in the Alps and North America, but are rare today. Early usage of t ...
.
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It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artist ...
in 1985.
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Mondamon Farm Barracks HABS DE1.jpg , The hay barracks at Mondamon Farm in 1982
]
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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware
Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware
Houses completed in 1840
Houses in New Castle County, Delaware
Historic American Buildings Survey in Delaware
National Register of Historic Places in New Castle County, Delaware
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