Gibraltar
- Also Known As: N-9075
- Address: 250 Pennsylvania Ave
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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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. |
Particulars for Gibraltar: | |
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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 |
Owner | Private |
Historic Use | Secondary structure |
Historic Use | Single dwelling |
Historic Use | Street furniture, object |
Historic Use | Work of Art |
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