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Stanley Potato House is a historic
potato house A potato house is a structure built for the storage of harvested potatoes or sweet potatoes. Such buildings were common in Sussex County, Delaware, and adjoining areas of Delaware, and Maryland in the early 20th century, when sweet potato produc ...
located near
Laurel Laurel may refer to: Plants * Lauraceae, the laurel family * Laurel (plant), including a list of trees and plants known as laurel People * Laurel (given name), people with the given name * Laurel (surname), people with the surname * Laurel (mus ...
, Sussex County, Delaware,
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. It is one of the last surviving examples of its building type. It was built about 1920, and is a -story, gable fronted, balloon frame structure on a brick foundation. It measures 17 feet by 23 feet. It retains a number of important elements characteristic of potato house including: minimal fenestration, center aisle floor plan, double siding, and hatched loading doors. and ' It was placed 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 artistic ...
in 1990.


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Agricultural buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware Government buildings completed in 1920 Buildings and structures in Sussex County, Delaware Potato houses in Delaware Laurel, Delaware National Register of Historic Places in Sussex County, Delaware {{Delaware-NRHP-stub