Teddy's Tavern

Teddy's Tavern
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Eastern side of U.S. Route 113 (Du Pont Boulevard), 0.6 miles north of its junction with Delaware Route 16 in Cedar Creek Hundred, Ellendale, Delaware
Coordinates	38°48′53″N 75°26′19″W / 38.81472°N 75.43861°WCoordinates: 38°48′53″N 75°26′19″W / 38.81472°N 75.43861°W
Area	1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built	1923, 1937
Architectural style	Mission/spanish Revival
NRHP Reference #	91000911[1]
Added to NRHP	July 22, 1991

Teddy's Tavern, originally called the Blue Hen Garage, is a historic tavern located at Ellendale, Sussex County, Delaware, USA. It was built about 1923, as a service station catering to motorists on the newly constructed Du Pont Highway. It was converted into a roadside tavern in 1937. It is a one-story, polychrome brick building with a low-pitched gable roof, low parapet, and exposed rafter ends in a Mission/Spanish Revival style. It has a flat-roofed "porch" supported by four massive brick and concrete conical columns. The interior consists of a package store, dining areas and a labyrinth of service rooms. It is one of the few surviving service stations or roadside taverns remaining from the pre-1940 era in Delaware.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.^[1]

References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Steven H. Moffson (April 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Teddy's Tavern" (PDF). and Accompanying 15 photos