William Stevens House (Kenton, Delaware)
Appearance
William Stevens House | |
Location | Delaware Route 6, Kenton, Delaware |
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Coordinates | 39°16′33″N 75°40′30″W / 39.27583°N 75.67500°W |
Area | 2.9 acres (1.2 ha) |
Built | c. 1811, c. 1860 |
Architectural style | Italianate |
MPS | Kenton Hundred MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 83001406[1] |
Added to NRHP | August 29, 1983 |
William Stevens House, also known as Peach Mansion[citation needed], is a historic home located at Kenton, Kent County, Delaware. The house was erected about 1860, and is a three-story, five-bay, single pile frame dwelling in the Italianate style. It has a low hipped roof and a projecting box cornice with decorative brackets. The original house, built about 1811, forms the gable-roofed, three-bay, two-story, rear wing. Also on the property is a contributing 19th century springhouse.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1] It was demolished in a controlled burn in February 2001.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Stephen G. Del Sordo (March 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: William Stevens House". National Park Service. and accompanying photo