Woodward Houses
Woodward Houses, January 2010
Woodward Houses is located in Delaware
Woodward Houses
Woodward Houses is located in the United States
Woodward Houses
Location701-703 West St., Wilmington, Delaware
Coordinates39°44′39″N 75°33′10″W / 39.74417°N 75.55278°W / 39.74417; -75.55278
Area0.4 acres (0.16 ha)
Builtc. 1745 (1745), 1760
Architectural styleGeorgian
NRHP reference No.79000639[1]
Added to NRHPApril 20, 1979

Woodward Houses are two historic homes located at Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. The house at 701 West Street was built about 1745, and is a 3+12-story, three-bay, quarried granite dwelling with a gable roof. It has an L-shaped, side-hall plan. The house at 703 West Street was built about 1760, and is a 3+12-story, three-bay, stuccoed stone dwelling with a gable roof. It is three feet shorter in both length and width than 701. Its interior was altered in the mid-19th century and then in the 1930s to accommodate apartment dwellings. They are excellent examples of the Georgian style. The houses were probably built by Joseph Woodward, a Quaker ropemaker from West Chester, Pennsylvania. There is a legend that the house at 703 contains a hearthstone which was a section of the platform where Thomas Jefferson stood to read the Declaration of Independence to the people of Philadelphia.[2]

The houses were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Jean Athan and John Price (November 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Woodward Houses". and Accompanying seven photos


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