Chambers House
The Chambers House, also known as "Stairways," is a historic home located at 1475 Creek Road in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. It was built by Joseph Chambers between 1816 and 1852, and is a two- to three-story, Penn Plan bank house built of uncoursed fieldstone.Photo: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Heritage site
- Description: historic house in New Castle County, Delaware
- Also known as: “Chambers House Nature Center”, “Joseph Chambers House”, and “Stairways”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Arc Corner Monument and Wesley M.E. Church.
Arc Corner Monument
Geographical marker
Photo: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Arc Corner Monument is a geographical marker, which is situated 2,400 feet southwest of Chambers House.
Wesley M.E. Church
Historic building
Photo: Choess, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church is a historic Methodist Episcopal church located at McClellandville, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1854, and is a frame, one story, one bay by three bay, gable-roofed Greek Revival-style building. Wesley M.E. Church is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Chambers House.
Delaware–Maryland–Pennsylvania Tri-State Point
Geographical marker
Photo: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Delaware–Maryland–Pennsylvania Tri-State Point is the meeting of the northwestern corner of Delaware, the northeastern corner of Maryland, and the southern edge of Pennsylvania. Delaware–Maryland–Pennsylvania Tri-State Point is situated 1¼ miles west of Chambers House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mechanicsville and McClellandville.
Mechanicsville
Hamlet
Mechanicsville is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. The community is located in "The Wedge", a geometric oddity arising out of ambiguity in the 18th-century border dispute settlement between the Penns and Calverts in the British North American colonies.
McClellandville
Hamlet
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
McClellandville is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, in the U.S. state of Delaware. McClellandville is located at the intersection of Delaware Route 896 and Wedgewood Road, northwest of Newark.
Strickersville
Hamlet
Strickersville is an unincorporated community in extreme southeastern Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located at the intersection of Pennsylvania Route 896 and Strickersville Road in London Britain Township.
Chambers House
- Categories: historic house, nature center, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: New Castle County, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.72721° or 39° 43′ 38″ northLongitude
-75.76802° or 75° 46′ 5″ westOpen location code
87F6P6GJ+VQOpenStreetMap ID
way 136694515OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=heritageWikidata ID
Q14685297
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In Other Languages
“Chambers House” goes by many names.
- French: “Chambers House”
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Highlights include Chambers House Nature Center and Park Office.
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