Riverdale
Riverdale is a historic home located near Odessa, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built about 1840, and consists of the four-bay-wide, single-room-deep rectangular core of the house with a 22-foot, two-story L-shaped extension.Photo: KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Liston Range Front Light and J. M. Gordon House.
Liston Range Front Light
House
Liston Range Front Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Delaware, United States, on the Delaware River. It is a range light, paired with the Liston Range Rear Light, to create the Liston Range. Liston Range Front Light is situated 3,800 feet east of Riverdale.
J. M. Gordon House
House
Photo: KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0.
J. M. Gordon House is a historic home located near Odessa, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built about 1810, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, three-bay, brick structure with a 2 1/2-half story, four-bay addition. J. M. Gordon House is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Riverdale.
S. Higgins Farm
House
Photo: KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0.
S. Higgins Farm, also known as Shady View Farm, is a historic home located near Odessa, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built about 1865, and is a two-story frame house built in the vernacular Victorian style. S. Higgins Farm is situated 1½ miles west of Riverdale.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include McDonough and Boyds Corner.
McDonough
Hamlet
McDonough is a small unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. The community lies north of Odessa and just due south of St. Georges. It is named for Captain Thomas Macdonough. McDonough is situated 2½ miles west of Riverdale.
Boyds Corner
Hamlet
Boyds Corner is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. Boyds Corner is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 13 and Delaware Route 896, north of Odessa. Boyds Corner is situated 2½ miles northwest of Riverdale.
Port Penn
Hamlet
Photo: Smallbones, CC0.
Port Penn is a census-designated place located in St. Georges Hundred, southern New Castle County, Delaware, United States, below the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal on the west bank of the Delaware River. Port Penn is situated 2½ miles northeast of Riverdale.
Riverdale
- Type: House
- Description: building in New Castle County
- Categories: building, heritage site, historic site, and residential building
- Location: New Castle County, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.4859° or 39° 29′ 9″ northLongitude
-75.60485° or 75° 36′ 18″ westOpen location code
87F6F9PW+93OpenStreetMap ID
way 189961578OpenStreetMap feature
building=houseOpenStreetMap feature
historic=heritageWikidata ID
Q17029633
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