Great Geneva

Great Geneva

Great Geneva, September 2012
Location 3 miles south of Dover on Road 356, near Camden, Delaware
Coordinates 39°7′03″N 75°30′32″W / 39.11750°N 75.50889°W / 39.11750; -75.50889Coordinates: 39°7′03″N 75°30′32″W / 39.11750°N 75.50889°W / 39.11750; -75.50889
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built c. 1765 (1765)
NRHP Reference # 73000489[1]
Added to NRHP March 26, 1973
This is a watercolor painting of Great Geneva painted circa 1850 by Lydia Sharpless Hunn. It remains in the Hunn family.

Great Geneva is a historic home located near Camden, Kent County, Delaware. It was built in about 1765, and is a 2-1/2-story, brick, hall-and-parlor plan dwelling with a small frame kitchen wing. The layout is an adaptation of the Resurrection Manor plan. It is associated with the prominent Hunn family and the local Quaker community. The house was an important station on the Underground Railroad.[2][3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Vincent Rogers and Miss Rosemary Troy (August 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Great Geneva" (PDF). National Park Service. and Accompanying two photos
  3. Eberlein, Harold Donaldson (June 1960). "Great Geneva" (PDF). Historic American Buildings Survey. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. p. 2. Retrieved February 15, 2014.

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