Laurel in Sussex County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
403 South Central Avenue
Laurel
Historic District
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
1988
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Architecture. In addition, it is included in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1988.
Location. 38° 33.33′ N, 75° 34.242′ W. Marker is in Laurel, Delaware, in Sussex County. It is on South Central Avenue (Alternate U.S. 13) just north of East 5th Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 403 S Central Ave, Laurel DE 19956, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the American Mid-Atlantic and on the Delmarva Peninsula. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: 502 South Central Avenue (within shouting distance of this marker); Christ United Methodist Church (within shouting distance of this marker); 505 South Central Avenue (within shouting distance of this marker); Dr. Farlow House (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Hope Lodge No. 4 (about 500 feet away); Memorial Tree (about 500 feet away); 312 East 4th Street (about 500 feet away); Veterans Memorial Fountain (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Laurel.
Also see . . . Laurel Historic District - National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form
this page online
179 (3.32.1.07.93) Dwelling, 403 Central Avenue, raid 19th century. This is a two and one half story, frarae, raodified cruciform, hip roofed. Queen Anne house with gabled cross wings and a bracketed cornice having circles and rectangular designs in the fascia. The front portion of the house has a hip roof with flared eaves. The rear wing also has a hip roof. Gabled dormers with large corbel capped chimneys are at the north and east. There is also a large, center, corbel capped, brick chimney. On the south side there is a pedimented, gabled, chamfered cross wing with a Palladian window with carved wood sunburst design and bargeboard. The chamfered gable end with jigsawn brackets and drop pendants forms a three part bay with paired segmentally arched windows with Queen Anne lights on the front and single segmentally arched windows with Queen Anne lights on the sides. Keystone-like drop pendants are above the windows under the bracketed hoods. At the front there is a one story, projecting, three part bay with segmentally arched Queen Anne windows with fanlights and bracketwork. There is a double door at the entrance. Across the front and wrapping to the east is a hip roofed porch having paired turned posts, decorative turned balustrade, cross gable over the entrance, jigsawn braces, jigsawn brackets, and circle motif in the frieze. To the north is a bracketed, hip(Submitted on April 24, 2025, by Pete Skillman of Townsend, Delaware.)roofed porte cochere with circle motif frieze, small cross gable having sunburst design on three sides, and paired square posts. There is a one and one half story, shed roofed entry for the porte cochere with detail like the front porch. The shed end of the entry has a hooded wheel window with colored lights; decorative shinglework surrounds the window. To the rear there is an attached, one story, summer kitchen with two doors. The house is covered with vinyl siding and has an asphalt shingled roof and a brick foundation.
Credits. This page was last revised on April 24, 2025. It was originally submitted on January 18, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 241 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 18, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
