Corbit–Sharp House
The Corbit–Sharp House is a historic house museum located at 118 Main Street in Odessa, Delaware. Built in 1772–74, it is one of the finest examples of a brick Georgian house in the Mid-Atlantic states.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: House
- Description: historic house in Delaware, United States
- Also known as: “Corbit-Sharp House”
- Address: 118 Main Street, Odessa, DE
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Odessa Historic District and Old St. Paul’s Methodist Episcopal Church.
Odessa Historic District
Protected area
Photo: Jet Lowe, Public domain.
Odessa Historic District is a national historic district located at Odessa, New Castle County, Delaware. It encompasses 82 contributing buildings in the central business district and surrounding residential areas in the shipping and trading center of Odessa. Odessa Historic District is situated 600 feet northwest of Corbit–Sharp House.
Old St. Paul’s Methodist Episcopal Church
Heritage site
Photo: Smallbones, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Old St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church is a historic Methodist Episcopal church located on High Street in Odessa, New Castle County, Delaware. It was designed by noted Philadelphia architect Samuel Sloan and built in 1851–1852. Old St. Paul’s Methodist Episcopal Church is situated 1,600 feet northwest of Corbit–Sharp House.
Appoquinimink Friends Meetinghouse
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Appoquinimink Friends Meeting House, also known as the Odessa Friends Meetinghouse, is a very small but historic Quaker meetinghouse on Main Street in Odessa, Delaware. Appoquinimink Friends Meetinghouse is situated 2,300 feet northwest of Corbit–Sharp House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Odessa and Fieldsboro.
Odessa
Village
Photo: Smallbones, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Odessa is a town in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. As of the 2020 census, Odessa had a population of 366. Founded as Cantwell's Bridge in the 18th century, the name was changed in the 19th century, after the Ukrainian port city of the same name.
Fieldsboro
Locality
Fieldsboro is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. Fieldsboro is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 13 and Fieldsboro Road, south of Odessa. Fieldsboro is situated 2½ miles south of Corbit–Sharp House.
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 north of Corbit–Sharp House.
Corbit–Sharp House
- Categories: heritage site, building, historic site, and residential building
- Location: New Castle County, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.45383° or 39° 27′ 14″ northLongitude
-75.6571° or 75° 39′ 26″ westOpen location code
87F6F83V+G5OpenStreetMap ID
way 376162157OpenStreetMap feature
building=houseOpenStreetMap feature
historic=heritageWikidata ID
Q5169771
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In Other Languages
From French to Japanese—“Corbit–Sharp House” goes by many names.
- French: “Corbit-Sharp House”
- Japanese: “コービット＝シャープ・ハウス”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Odessa Fire Company Station 24 and Corbit-calloway Memorial Library.
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