Ames Hitchens Chicken Farm
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LocationNorth of Delaware Route 24, near Millsboro, Delaware
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Ames Hitchens Chicken Farm | |
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| Location | North of Delaware Route 24, near Millsboro, Delaware |
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| Coordinates | 38°36′25″N 75°13′6″W / 38.60694°N 75.21833°W |
| Area | 3 acres (1.2 ha) |
| MPS | Nanticoke Indian Community TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 79003311[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 26, 1979 |
Ames Hitchens Chicken Farm was a historic home and farm located near Millsboro, Sussex County, Delaware. It included a two-story, wood frame, gable front dwelling and two long, one-story, flatroofed buildings, used as chicken houses. It was the last of these structures still standing within the Indian River Nanticoke Indian Association community.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1] It is listed on the Delaware Cultural and Historic Resources GIS system as destroyed or demolished.[3]
