John B. Nelson House
John B. Nelson House is a historic home close to Port Penn, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in the early 19th century, and consists of a two-story, four-bay by three-bay core with a one-room wing.Photo: KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Liston Range Rear Light and Mondamon Farm.
Liston Range Rear Light
Protected area
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Liston Range Rear Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Delaware, United States, on the Delaware River. The 120 feet wrought iron tower was made by the Kellogg Bridge Company of Buffalo, New York. Liston Range Rear Light is situated 3,800 feet southwest of John B. Nelson House.
Mondamon Farm
Protected area
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Mondamon Farm is a historic home and farm complex located near Odessa, New Castle County, Delaware. The original section was built about 1840. It is a 2+1⁄2-story, five-bay frame dwelling with a two-bay, two-story shed roof service ell. Mondamon Farm is situated 4,000 feet southwest of John B. Nelson House.
Idalia Manor
House
Photo: KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Idalia Manor is a historic home located at Mt. Pleasant, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built about 1845, and consists of a 2+1⁄2-story, five-bay, stuccoed brick main house with a two-story, two-bay stuccoed brick gable end kitchen addition. Idalia Manor is situated 1 mile northwest of John B. Nelson House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Biddles Corner and Saint Georges.
Biddles Corner
Hamlet
Biddles Corner is a location in St. George's Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware, United States. Biddles Corner is at the intersection of U.S. Route 13 and Port Penn Road just east of the Biddles Corner toll plaza on the Delaware Route 1 toll road south of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, and the northern terminus of U.S. Route 301.
Saint Georges
Village
Saint Georges is an unincorporated town and former municipality situated on the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal in New Castle County, Delaware, United States, approximately midway between the Delaware River and Chesapeake Bay. Saint Georges is situated 2 miles northwest of John B. Nelson House.
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 south of John B. Nelson House.
John B. Nelson House
- Type: House
- Description: Port Penn, Delaware, listed on the National Register of Historic Places
- Categories: heritage site, building, historic site, and residential building
- Location: New Castle County, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.53279° or 39° 31′ 58″ northLongitude
-75.63265° or 75° 37′ 58″ westOpen location code
87F6G9M8+4WOpenStreetMap ID
way 369204355OpenStreetMap feature
building=houseOpenStreetMap feature
historic=heritageWikidata ID
Q14685532
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