Old Post Office
Old Post Office is a historic home and post office building located at Kirkwood, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built about 1870, and is a two-story, five-bay, frame double house with a mansard roof in the Second Empire style.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Old Cann Mansion House and Point Farm.
Old Cann Mansion House
House
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Old Cann Mansion House is a historic home located at Kirkwood, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built about 1792, and consists of three sections. The main section is a 2+1⁄2-story, five-bay double-pile brick structure. Old Cann Mansion House is situated 1,500 feet northeast of Old Post Office.
Point Farm
Heritage site
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Point Farm, also known as the R. T. Cann House, is a historic home located at Kirkwood, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1846, and is a two-story, five-bay L-shaped, brick dwelling with a gable roof. Point Farm is situated 1¼ miles south of Old Post Office.
Lums Pond State Park
Park
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Lums Pond State Park is a 1,790-acre Delaware state park near Bear, New Castle County, Delaware in the United States. The park surrounds Lums Pond, an impoundment built by the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal on St.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kirkwood and Porter.
Kirkwood
Hamlet
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Kirkwood is an unincorporated community in central New Castle County, Delaware, United States. It lies along Delaware Route 71, southwest of the city of Wilmington, the county seat of New Castle County.
Porter
Hamlet
Porter is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. Porter is located at the intersection of Porter Road and Old Porter Road, southwest of Bear, and is the location of a junction between the Norfolk Southern Railway and the Delmarva Central Railroad. Porter is situated 2 miles north of Old Post Office.
Wrangle Hill
Hamlet
Wrangle Hill is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. Wrangle Hill is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 13, Delaware Route 7, and Delaware Route 72 west of Delaware City. Wrangle Hill is situated 2 miles east of Old Post Office.
Old Post Office
- Type: Heritage site
- Description: building in Delaware, USA
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: New Castle County, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.57099° or 39° 34′ 16″ northLongitude
-75.69645° or 75° 41′ 47″ westOpen location code
87F6H8C3+9COpenStreetMap ID
way 373701816OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=heritageWikidata ID
Q7084766
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