Lobdell Estate, Minquadale Home

Historic house in Delaware, United States

United States historic place


Lobdell Estate, Minquadale Home
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Minquadale Home, HABS Photo, January 1983
39°42′23″N 75°34′13″W / 39.706446°N 75.570289°W / 39.706446; -75.570289
Area	less than one acre
Built	1864 (1864)
Architectural style	Italianate
NRHP reference No.	73000548^[1]
Added to NRHP	June 4, 1973

Lobdell Estate, Minquadale Home, also known as the Minquadale Home for Aged Men, was a historic home and retirement home located at Minquadale near Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1864, and was a two and a half-story, five bays wide, stuccoed, and gable-roofed dwelling in the Italianate style. It featured large decorative brackets and a large cupola atop the roof. It was originally built by George Lobdell, a manufacturer of car wheels, as a summer home. In 1891, his vacation house was made over into a retirement home for Lobdell's employees of both sexes.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.^[1] It was demolished between 1984 and 2002.

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Richard Schmidt (October 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Lobdell Estate, Minquadale Home". and Accompanying two photos

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to George Lobdell House.

Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. DE-222, "George Lobdell House, U.S. Route 13, Wilmington vicinity, Minquadale, New Castle County, DE", 12 photos, 4 data pages, 1 photo caption page

U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Delaware

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