Rodney Court

Rodney Court

Rodney Court, March 2010
Location 1100 Pennsylvania Ave., Wilmington, Delaware
Coordinates 39°45′08″N 75°33′25″W / 39.752350°N 75.557039°W / 39.752350; -75.557039Coordinates: 39°45′08″N 75°33′25″W / 39.752350°N 75.557039°W / 39.752350; -75.557039
Area 0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built 1928 (1928)
Built by VanSant Brothers
Architect Hance, Wallace
NRHP Reference # 80000938[1]
Added to NRHP April 2, 1980

Rodney Court, also known as Rodney Court Co-operative, is a historic apartment building located at Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1928, and is a six-story, "L"-shaped steel frame apartment building. The frame is sheathed in cinder block and faced with light-colored tapestry bricks. It features cast-stone trimmings with classical motifs and an elaborate cast-stone classically styled parapet. It once had a large social hall adjoining a roof-top dance floor and roof garden, that has since been converted to a penthouse apartment. It is the last extant luxury apartment built in Wilmington before the Great Depression of the 1930s.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Sara C. Ramsey; Eileen Mallouk & Betty Collins (November 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Rodney Court" (PDF). and Accompanying five photos


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