Sipple House
Denny and Front Sts., Leipsic, DEThe Sipple House is architecturally significant as the most elaborate Victorian dwelling erected in Leipsic. The two-story frame structure with its gable-roofed main block and projecting mansard-roofed central element is an important essay in Delaware Victorian-era architecture and the practice of aesthetic eclecticism in the late-nineteenth century. When the Sipple House was erected in the 1880 to 1890 period it was the most elaborate period architectural statement to be made in the context of the village's built environment. Other structures in Leipsic and Little Creek reflect the same concern with Late-nineteenth century architectural fashion through the addition of wings, overlays of ornament, and the construction of new porches containing Italianate, Gothic, Stick Style, and Eastlake motifs. The Sipple House, however, stands alone as the built expression of the economic fluorescence that the oyster trade brought to some segments of the Leipsic and Little Creek communities.
Local significance of the building:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
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