Kirkwood and McCoy Rds., Kirkwood, Delaware. County/parish: New Castle.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 24, 1973. NRIS 73000512.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
McCoy House, also known as the AuClaire School and Gingerbread House, is a historic home located at Kirkwood, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built between 1892 and 1897, and is a 28-room, 2+1⁄2-story, six-bay, brick house. It features a wraparound verandah, steep gable roof, and is covered in brown glazed tiles imported from Belgium. It is considered one of the most unusual structures in the State of Delaware and reflects the builder's unique expression of the European Arts and Crafts movement.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75324470