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Rest Cottage

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1910, William Price. Green and Cherry Ins.
  • (Photograph by Matthew Aungst)
  • Rest Cottage (Delaware Division of Historical & Cultural Affairs, Dover, Del.)
  • (Photograph by Matthew Aungst)
  • (Photograph by Matthew Aungst)

Fels's gift of money for cottages made “one stipulation that they should be permanent and artistic in character with stone foundations and cellars, hollow brick and concrete walls, and above all, literally the red-tiled roofs so beautiful in the scenery of Britain and the Netherlands” (see Edwards, 1993). Rest Cottage obeyed these guidelines, and construction photographs show the use of hollow tile on a foundation of native stone. The picturesque dwelling with half-timbered walls, projecting upstairs bedrooms, and wide-eaved shed roofs has recently been expanded by owner-architect Edward Rohrbach. To the south stands Bide-a-wee (c. 1916), home of Don Stephens, furniture maker and son of Arden's founder; beyond that is the Vista, formerly Blue Bird Tea Room (c. 1910), with rustic porch posts of red cedar.

Writing Credits

Author: 
W. Barksdale Maynard
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What's Nearby

Mary Bruce Inn (The Jungalow)
The Second Homestead
Frank Stephens Memorial Theater (Open-Air or Field Theatre)
Red House and Craft Shop
Gild Hall (Arden Club House)

Citation

W. Barksdale Maynard, "Rest Cottage", [Wilmington, Delaware], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/DE-01-BR10.

Print Source

Cover: Buildings of Delaware

Buildings of Delaware, W. Barksdale Maynard. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2008, 40-40.

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