Gov. Benjamin T. Biggs Farm

	Gov. Benjamin T. Biggs Farm
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Benjamin T. Biggs farmhouse
Location	1196 Choptank Road in Pencader Hundred, near Middletown, Delaware
Coordinates	39°30′54″N 75°44′46″W / 39.51500°N 75.74611°W
Area	4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built	1846
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Vernacular Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	87001508
Added to NRHP	September 11, 1987

Gov. Benjamin T. Biggs Farm is a historic home and farm located near Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware.

Buildings

It was built in 1846, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, five-bay L-shaped brick dwelling with a gable roof in a vernacular Greek Revival style. It has a 1+1⁄2-story gable roofed brick wing. Also on the property are a smokehouse, former implement shed attached to a barn, implement shed, a tall and narrow cupola topped building, and an implement shed with attached dairy. Also on the property are the remains of a formal garden, including a large rock parenthesized by remnants of two semi-circular lines of boxwoods.

It was the home of Governor Benjamin T. Biggs (1821–1893), who served as U.S. Representative and 46th Governor of Delaware.^[2]

Registry

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Hubert F. Jicha, III (December 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Gov. Benjamin T. Biggs Farm". National Park Service. and accompanying nine photos

External links

Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. DE-226, "B. T. Biggs Farm, Stable, Route 435, near Route 433, Summit Bridge vicinity, New Castle, DE", 1 photo, 2 data pages, 1 photo caption page

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[nrhpdoc-2] Hubert F. Jicha, III (December 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Gov. Benjamin T. Biggs Farm". National Park Service. and accompanying nine photos

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