Stevens, William, House

DE 6, Kenton, Delaware. County/parish: Kent.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 29, 1983. NRIS 83001406.

2 contributing buildings.

Also known as:

  • Peach Mansion

From Wikipedia:

William Stevens House (Kenton, Delaware)

William Stevens House, also known as Peach Mansion, 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.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. It was demolished in a controlled burn in February 2001.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75323408

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