Rodney Court, also known as Rodney Court Co-operative, is a historic apartment building located at Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware.

Career

Rodney Court was built in 1928, and is a six-story, "L"-shaped steel frame apartment building. The frame is sheathed in cinder block and faced with light-colored tapestry bricks. It features cast-stone trimmings with classical motifs and an elaborate cast-stone classically styled parapet.

Rodney Court

It once had a large social hall adjoining a roof-top dance floor and roof garden, that has since been converted to a penthouse apartment. It is the last extant luxury apartment built in Wilmington before the Great Depression of the 1930s.

Rodney Court

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

Rodney Court

References

Residential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware

Residential buildings completed in 1928

Buildings and structures in Wilmington, Delaware

National Register of Historic Places in Wilmington, Delaware