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Pharo House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

From the record

“Pharo House, also known as The Pratt House, is a historic home located in Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built around 1885, and is a five-bay L-shaped frame dwelling with a steep gable roof.”

Wikipedia article Pharo House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 411 National Register listings published here for New Castle County · listed in 1984 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • Address. Odessa and Silver Lake Rds., Middletown, 19709
  • When was it listed? August 1984
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Middletown-Odessa
  • National Register reference number. 84000850 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Storms near this property

42 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Middletown, the town this property stands in, in 42 storm reports between 2001 and 2023: 23 thunderstorm wind, 7 lightning, 3 flash flood, 3 heavy rain. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2004Thunderstorm WindMiddletown$75,000no account filed
July 2005LightningMiddletown$50,000no account filed
April 2016LightningMiddletown$10,000Lightning from thunderstorms associated with a strong cold front moving across the area during the late evening hours on the 2nd caused a structure fire in Middletown. .
July 2016LightningMiddletown$4,000Lightning strikes hit an electric wire at Catherine and Main Streets with the second strike at the Amazon Warehouse and Industrial Drive. Power outages and fires occurred with both strikes.
May 2004LightningMiddletown$1,000no account filed
August 2016LightningMiddletown$10Two houses were struck by lightning from a thunderstorm.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindMiddletown-Middleneck Road just before the Maryland line is closed for a tree across the roadway. Time estimated from radar.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindMiddletown-Some large tree limbs were blown down in the Middletown area. Time estimated from radar.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindMiddletown-Measured wind gust of 59 MPH.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindMiddletown-Downed tree and wires near the intersection of main street and Middletown-Warwick Road. Time estimated from radar.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindMiddletown-Several reports of tree damage in the Middletown area. Time estimated from radar.
October 2019Thunderstorm WindMiddletown-Trees were downed with houses damaged in the area. Time estimated from radar.
August 2017FloodMiddletown-Some minor street flooding occurred.
July 2017Flash FloodMiddletown-Flooding reported at the intersection of 299 and 301. Several vehicles were stuck in high water along Main and Wood Streets in Middletown.
July 2017FloodMiddletown-Patriot Drive flooded.
July 2017Heavy RainMiddletown-The majority of this rain occurred on 7/6.
July 2017Heavy RainMiddletown-Several inches of rain fell in a quick time-span.
July 2017Heavy RainMiddletown-Several inches of rain fell in a quick time-span.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindMiddletown-Trees and wires downed on Bunker Hill Road.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindMiddletown-Tree down on Choptank road due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindMiddletown-Large tree taken down due to thunderstorm wind gusts.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindMiddletown-Numerous trees and wires down due to thunderstorm wind gusts.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindMiddletown-A severe thunderstorm knocked down a few trees and wires in Middletown (Saint George's Hundred).
August 2014Thunderstorm WindMiddletown-A severe thunderstorm knocked down a few trees onto power lines in Middletown.
June 2012HailMiddletown-Strong thunderstorms advancing into New Castle County dropped penny-size hail in Middletown.
February 2011Thunderstorm WindMiddletown-A severe thunderstorm knocked down large tree limbs and wires in Middletown.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindMiddletown-A severe thunderstorm tore down large tree limbs and wires in and around Middletown. About 120 Delmarva Power and Light customers lost power.
April 2008Funnel CloudMiddletown-A funnel cloud was sighted over Middletown. It did not touch down and no wind damage was reported.
April 2006LightningMiddletown-no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindMiddletown-no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindMiddletown-no account filed
June 2005LightningMiddletown-no account filed
June 2005Flash FloodMiddletown-no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindMiddletown-no account filed
June 2004Flash FloodMiddletown-no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindMiddletown-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindMiddletown-no account filed
July 2004Funnel CloudMiddletown-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindMiddletown-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindMiddletown-no account filed
May 2002Thunderstorm WindMiddletown-no account filed
April 2001HailMiddletown-no account filed

Every storm recorded in New Castle County

Map coverage status

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.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

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 PropertyDistance Listed
Maple Grove Farm0.3 miles1985
A. M. Vail House0.4 miles1985
J. K. Williams House0.4 miles1985
Philip Reading Tannery0.9 miles1978
Middletown Academy0.9 miles1972
Noxontown1.1 miles1973

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 84000850 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
New Castle CountyAll 411 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.