Philip Reading Tannery

Philip Reading Tannery
Philip Reading Tannery is located in Delaware
Philip Reading Tannery
Location within Delaware
Philip Reading Tannery is located in the United States
Philip Reading Tannery
Location within the United States
Location201 E. Main St., Middletown, Delaware
Coordinates39°27′2″N 75°42′44″W / 39.45056°N 75.71222°W / 39.45056; -75.71222
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Builtc. 1780 (1780)
DemolishedJuly 31, 1993
NRHP reference No.78000897[1]
Added to NRHPApril 26, 1978

Philip Reading Tannery, also known as Green's Barn, was a historic tannery building located at Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built c. 1780, and is a two-story, brick structure measuring 106 feet long by 30 feet wide. It was a rare surviving 18th-century industrial building that hadbeen converted into a cow barn.[2]

Empty lot at 201 E. Main in Middletown in 2013. The tannery appears to have been demolished.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

On July 4, 1993, the building suffered an extensive fire. It was demolished on July 31st of that year.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ Edward F. Heite (March 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Philip Reading Tannery". National Park Service. and accompanying six photos
  3. ↑ "DoI: Philip Reading Tannery". National Park Service. September 8, 2008. Retrieved May 21, 2026.
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