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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1844/00/00 The Gibraltar estate ias developed c 1844 by John Rodney Brinckle, grandnephew of the first Governor of Delaware, Caesar Rodney.
1909/00/00 Hugh Rodney Sharp Sr Home Hugh Rodney Sharp and his wife, Isabella Mathieu du Pont Sharp, a member of the Du Pont family, buy the Gibraltar Estates.
1909/00/00 Isabella Mathieu du Pont Sharp Home Hugh Rodney Sharp and his wife, Isabella Mathieu du Pont Sharp, a member of the Du Pont family, buy the Gibraltar Estates.
1915/00/00 DeArmond, Asmead and Bickley Architect DeArmond, Asmead and Bickley alter the Italianate house into a Colonial-Revival mansion.
1915/00/00 Albert Ely Ives Architect Gibraltar's interior decor includes Colonial Revival and Italianate architecture and contains works by Albert Ely Ives and others.
1916/00/00 Marian Cruger Coffin Landscape Architect Under the direction of Marian Cruger Coffin, the gardens of Gibraltar are installed between 1916-1923.
1968/00/00 Hugh Rodney Sharp Sr Died Hugh Rodney Sharp dies and the Gibraltar estate is inherited by his son, Hugh Rodney Sharp Jr.

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Particulars for Gibraltar:
Architectural Style American Colonial Revival
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Historic Use Horticulture facility
Architectural Style Italianate
Area of Significance Landscape Architecture
Level of Significance National
Historic Use Park
Criteria Person
Historic Use Secondary structure
Historic Use Single dwelling
Historic Use Street furniture, object
Historic Use Work of Art



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 14th September 1998

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Gibraltar
Registry Address: 250 Pennsylvania Ave.
Registry Number: 98001098
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Private
Architect: Ives, Albert Ely; DeArmond, Asmead and Bickley, et al.
Architectural Style: Colonial revival, Italianate
Area in Acres: 6
Contributing Buildings: 5
Contributing Structures: 7
Contributing Objects: 48
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National; State
Area of Significance: Architecture, Landscape architecture
Applicable Criteria: Person, Architecture-Engineering
Significant Year: 1909, 1915, 1916
Associated People: Sharp, Hugh Rodney, et al.
Historic Function: Landscape, Domestic, Agriculture, subsistence, Recreation and Culture
Historic Sub-Function: Work of art (sculpture, carving, rock art), Single dwelling, Horticulture facility, Park, Secondary structure, Street furniture, object
Current Function: Landscape, Domestic, Recreation and Culture, Agriculture, subsistence
Current Sub-Function: Horticulture facility Park Secondary structure Single dwelling Work of art (sculpture, carving, rock art) Street furniture, object

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