Cornucopia (Middletown, Delaware)
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| Location | 1377 Bethel Church Road in Pencader Hundred, nearMiddletown, Delaware |
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| Coordinates | 39°31′33″N 75°46′23″W / 39.525742°N 75.773122°W |
| Area | 50 acres (20 ha) |
| Built | c. 1845 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 87001517[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 8, 1987 |
Cornucopia, also known as the John and Mary Price Farm, is a historic home and farm located near Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware. The house was built about 1845, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, five-bay L-shaped frame dwelling with a gable roof in a vernacular Greek Revival style. It has a 1+1⁄2-story wing and features a tetra-style verandah on brick piers. Also on the property are the contributing meat/dairy house, crib barn, hay barn and cow barn attached by an implement shed, three poultry sheds, and an implement shed with a shop and wagon shed.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ 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: Cornucopia". National Park Service. and accompanying 10 photos
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- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware
- Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware
- Greek Revival houses in Delaware
- Houses completed in 1845
- Houses in New Castle County, Delaware
- National Register of Historic Places in New Castle County, Delaware
- Buildings and structures in Middletown, Delaware
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