Lower Louviers and Chicken Alley

Historic house in Delaware, United States

United States historic place


Lower Louviers and Chicken Alley
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Lower Louviers
39°47′06″N 75°34′26″W / 39.78513°N 75.57397°W / 39.78513; -75.57397
Area	51 acres (21 ha)
Built	1811 (1811)
Architectural style	Federal
NRHP reference No.	72000293^[1]
Added to NRHP	February 1, 1972

Lower Louviers and Chicken Alley, also known as Louviers and Duck Street, is a historic home located near Wilmington in New Castle County, Delaware. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.^[1]

History

The house was built in 1811 and is a two-story to three-story, five-bay, stuccoed stone dwelling. The three center bays project slightly from the main body of the home. In 1935, a kitchen wing was added to the other end of the residence, plus a gated wall and garage.

The home was owned by members of the prominent Du Pont family. At the back of the house is "Chicken Alley", an excellent example of a 19th-century workers' row house.^[2]

Chicken Alley

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Eleanor M. Webster (August 1970). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Lower Louviers and Chicken Alley". and Accompanying eight photos