Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
“Vail House was a historic home located at Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware. It is a two-story, five-bay timber frame dwelling in the late-Federal style.”
Wikipedia article A. M. Vail House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 411 National Register listings published here for New Castle County · listed in 1985 · 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 National Weather Service names Odessa, the town this property stands in, in 13 storm reports between 2002 and 2026: 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 1 flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2002 | Lightning | Odessa | $50,000 | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Lightning | Odessa | $10,000 | Lightning 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 Odessa. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odessa | - | Mesonet station DEL13 Us 1 At Appoquinimink River. Time given in report. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odessa | - | DEDOT gauge at US 1 at Appoquinimink River measured 58 mph gust. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Odessa | - | Report of quarter sized hail. Time estimated from radar. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odessa | - | Tree limbs and wires were downed near Brick Mill Rd and Dove Run Blvd in Odessa. Time estimated from radar. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odessa | - | Multiple large trees were damaged including some split. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odessa | - | An mPing report of tree limbs down and property damage at this location. Time estimated from radar. |
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odessa | - | Measured by a Delaware DOT gauge. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odessa | - | Trees were reported down in Odessa. Time estimated from radar. |
| September 2016 | Flood | Odessa | - | Marl Pit road closed between US 13 and Brick Mill Road due to water on road. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odessa | - | A mesonet site measured a wind gust of 61 mph during a severe thunderstorm in Saint Georges Hundred near the Appoquinimink River. Another wind gust of 53 mph was measured in Odessa. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odessa | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Grove Farm | 0.3 miles | 1985 | |
 | Pharo House | 0.4 miles | 1984 |
 | J. K. Williams House | 0.5 miles | 1985 |
| Philip Reading Tannery | 0.6 miles | 1978 | |
 | Middletown Academy | 0.7 miles | 1972 |
 | Odessa Historic District (Boundary Increase) | 0.8 miles | 1984 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 85002117 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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