Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
“Ebe Chandler House is a historic home located at Frankford, Sussex County, Delaware. It was built in 1880, and is a six-bay, double-pile frame dwelling in the Victorian Gothic style.”
Wikipedia article Capt. Ebe Chandler House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 136 National Register listings published here for Sussex County · listed in 1979 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Capt. Ebe Chandler House in 2017, burning about 5 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Delaware Forest Service | BEACH FIRE |
| 20 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Delaware Forest Service | CEDAR CREEK |
| 19 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Delaware Forest Service | SPICER |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Capt. Ebe Chandler House: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sussex Sand and Gravel Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Frankford, the town this property stands in, in 11 storm reports between 2004 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2004 | Lightning | Frankford | $81,000 | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frankford | - | Delete. |
| June 2025 | Tornado (EF0) | Frankford | - | Damage assessment determined that an EF0 tornado with a maximum wind speed of 65 mph briefly touched down along Omar Rd in Frankford, DE and moved ESE over a heavily forested area towards Shockley Town Rd. Several brief video clips shared by broadcast media and social media showed various angles of a tornado in progress in the heavily forested area between Omar Rd and Shockley Town Rd. Several large branches were twisted and snapped along Omar Rd. Additional damage is possible in the heavily forested area, but the survey team was unable to access the area. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frankford | - | Tree down on wires. Time estimated from radar. |
| June 2018 | Flash Flood | Frankford | - | A number of roads were flooded in and around Dagsboro. Swamp Road was closed between Railroad Avenue and US Route 113. Armory Road was closed between Delaware Route 26 and Townsend Road. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frankford | - | A Skywarn spotter measured a wind gust of 63 mph during a severe thunderstorm in Frankford. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Frankford | - | Thunderstorms with heavy rain caused flash flooding of roadways and small streams in and around Frankford. Event precipitation totals included 7.05 inches in Frankford. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frankford | - | A severe thunderstorm split a large tree in half and also tore down several large tree limbs in Frankford. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frankford | - | A severe thunderstorm tore down large tree limbs and wires in Frankford. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frankford | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frankford | - | no account filed |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Prince George's Chapel | 2.2 miles | 1971 |
 | Blackwater Presbyterian Church | 4.4 miles | 1976 |
| Union Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church Complex | 5.1 miles | 2014 | |
 | Spring Banke | 5.6 miles | 1976 |
| Perry-Shockley House | 5.9 miles | 1985 | |
 | Isaac Harmon Farmhouse | 6.0 miles | 1979 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 79000643 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Sussex County | All 136 listed properties in this county. |
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