Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
“Cann House, is a historic home located at Kirkwood, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1846, and is a two-story, five-bay L-shaped, brick dwelling with a gable roof.”
Wikipedia article Point Farm, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 411 National Register listings published here for New Castle County · listed in 1982 · 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 5 fires within 5 miles of Point Farm between 2006 and 2017, burning about 17 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 March 2006 | Smoking | under an acre | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 14 March 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 14 March 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 13 acres | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 14 March 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 8 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | BETHEL WMA |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Point Farm: 4 past producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freeway Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Freeway Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Woodlawn Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Woodlawn Sand & Gravel Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kirkwood, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 2007 and 2022: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2008 | Lightning | Kirkwood | $500,000 | A lightning strike and ensuing fire destroyed a home just east of Lump's Pond on Mariners Way in New Castle County. A firefighter suffered minor burns. Another lightning strike in Lump's Pond disrupted the county police radio communication. Communications was switched to a back-up system. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirkwood | - | Large branches down. Report from MPing. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirkwood | - | Several trees were blown down in a mobile home park. Social media picture showed several shallow rooted trees blown down in exact same direction. Time estimated from radar. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirkwood | - | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down along Porter road and in the Hickory Woods development. Event time was corrected based on radar data. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirkwood | - | Numerous trees and power lines were down along Porter road and in the Hickory Woods area. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Kirkwood | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Lum's Mill House | 0.7 miles | 1973 |
 | Correll's Farm and Lawn Supply | 1.1 miles | 1982 |
 | Old Post Ofice | 1.2 miles | 1982 |
 | McCoy House | 1.4 miles | 1973 |
 | Old Cann Mansion House | 1.4 miles | 1982 |
 | White Hall | 1.6 miles | 1990 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 82002331 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| New Castle County | All 411 listed properties in this county. |
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