Retirement Farm

Retirement Farm, also known as the James M. Vandergrift Farm, is a historic home and farm located near Odessa, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in the late-19th century, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, five-bay frame, gable roofed farmhouse with a two-story rear ell.

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Type: House
Description: historic house in Delaware, United States
Also known as: “Retirement Farmhouse”

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 1 mile north of Retirement Farm.

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 1 mile north of Retirement Farm.

Biddle House

House

Photo: KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Biddle House, also known as the Vandergrift-Biddle House, is a historic home located near Port Penn and St. Georges, New Castle County, Delaware. The house underwent five distinct periods of growth and in the process has grown from a one-room-plan plank house to an extended rambling two-story structure. Biddle House is situated 4,200 feet north of Retirement Farm.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Boyds Corner and Biddles Corner.

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.

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.

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.

Retirement Farm

Categories: heritage site, building, historic site, and residential building
Location: New Castle County, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.51258° or 39° 30′ 45″ north

Longitude

-75.64453° or 75° 38′ 40″ west

Open location code

87F6G974+25

OpenStreetMap ID

way 376172900

OpenStreetMap feature

building=house

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=heritage

Wikidata ID

Q14685758

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In Other Languages

“Retirement Farm” goes by many names.

French: “Retirement Farm”

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Highlights include granary and barn.

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