Burton Hardware Store

Burton Hardware Store
Location High St. and Spring Alley, Seaford, Delaware
Coordinates 38°38′29″N 75°36′39″W / 38.64139°N 75.61083°W / 38.64139; -75.61083Coordinates: 38°38′29″N 75°36′39″W / 38.64139°N 75.61083°W / 38.64139; -75.61083
Area 0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built c. 1900 (1900)
NRHP Reference # 78000927[1]
Added to NRHP April 20, 1978

Burton Hardware Store, also known as Burton Brothers Hardware Store, was a historic commercial building located at Seaford, Sussex County, Delaware. It was built about 1900, and was a two-story, roughly square, frame structure. It had a low-pitched roof and was partially sheathed in sheet metal imitations of rusticated cement blocks. The front facade featured an elaborate pressed metal cornice.[2]

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1] It was heavily damaged by fire in 2012 and then razed.[3]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Edward F. Heite (May 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Burton Hardware Store" (PDF). and Accompanying three photos
  3. "Historic downtown Seaford business structure razed". delaware.newszap.com. Retrieved 2014-10-09.


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