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Burton Hardware Store 
Summary
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]
Burton Hardware Store | |
 Site of the store | |
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| Location | High St. and Spring Alley, Seaford, Delaware |
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| Coordinates | 38°38′29″N 75°36′39″W / 38.64139°N 75.61083°W |
| Area | 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) |
| Built | c. 1900 |
| NRHP reference No. | 78000927[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 20, 1978 |
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 edit
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Edward F. Heite (May 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Burton Hardware Store". and Accompanying three photos
- ^ "Historic downtown Seaford business structure razed". delaware.newszap.com. Archived from the original on December 17, 2014. Retrieved October 9, 2014.