William Stevens House (Kenton, Delaware)

William Stevens House
Location Delaware Route 6, Kenton, Delaware
Coordinates 39°16′33″N 75°40′30″W / 39.27583°N 75.67500°W / 39.27583; -75.67500Coordinates: 39°16′33″N 75°40′30″W / 39.27583°N 75.67500°W / 39.27583; -75.67500
Area 2.9 acres (1.2 ha)
Built c. 1811, c. 1860 (1860)
Architectural style Italianate
MPS Kenton Hundred MRA
NRHP Reference # 83001406[1]
Added to NRHP August 29, 1983

William Stevens House, also known as Peach Mansion, is a historic home located at Kenton, Kent County, Delaware. The house was built 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]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Stephen G. Del Sordo (March 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: William Stevens House" (PDF). National Park Service. and accompanying photo


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