West Potato House was 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 producti ...

located near Delmar,

Sussex County, Delaware Sussex County is located in the southern part of the U.S. state of Delaware, on the Delmarva Peninsula. As of the 2020 census, the population was 237,378. The county seat is Georgetown. The first European settlement in the state of Delaware w ...

. It was one of the last surviving examples of its building type. It was built about 1925, and is a -story, gable fronted, balloon frame structure on a

concrete block A concrete masonry unit (CMU) is a standard-size rectangular block used in building construction. CMUs are some of the most versatile building products available because of the wide variety of appearances that can be achieved using them. Tho ...

foundation. The house had a cellar. It measured 37 feet, 6 inches, by 13 feet, 9 inches. It retained a number of important elements characteristic of potato house including: tall, narrow proportions, minimal fenestration, ventilation features, and tightly fitting door hatches. and ' It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. It is listed on the Delaware Cultural and Historic Resources GIS system as destroyed or demolished.

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Agricultural buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware Buildings and structures completed in 1925 Buildings and structures in Sussex County, Delaware Potato houses in Delaware National Register of Historic Places in Sussex County, Delaware 1925 establishments in Delaware Former buildings and structures in Delaware Demolished but still listed on the National Register of Historic Places {{Delaware-NRHP-stub