Buena Vista (St. Georges, Delaware)

Buena Vista
Buena Vista, HABS Photo, June 1982
Location 661 South DuPont Highway, New Castle, Delaware
Coordinates 39°38′02″N 75°38′22″W / 39.633752°N 75.639539°W / 39.633752; -75.639539Coordinates: 39°38′02″N 75°38′22″W / 39.633752°N 75.639539°W / 39.633752; -75.639539
Area 52 acres (21 ha)
Built 1845 (1845)-1847
Architect Okie, R. Brognard
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP reference # 71000228[1]
Added to NRHP April 16, 1971

Buena Vista is a historic home located at New Castle, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built between 1845 and 1847, and is a two-story, five bay, brick dwelling in the Greek Revival style. It has a service wing and a long wing designed by architect R. Brognard Okie containing a long hall and library. It features a full width verandah supported by Doric order columns. It was the home of U.S. Senator and Secretary of State John M. Clayton (1796-1856) and U.S. Senator and Delaware Governor C. Douglass Buck (1890-1965), who donated it to the State of Delaware.[2][3] It is operated as the Buena Vista Conference Center by the State of Delaware.

The estate originally was named in commemoration of the Battle of Buena Vista in the Mexican–American War.[4] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Leon deValinger, Jr. (January 1970). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Buena Vista". National Park Service. and accompanying four photos
  3. ↑ Buena Vista Conference Center
  4. ↑ Federal Writers' Project (1938). The Ocean Highway: New Brunswick, New Jersey to Jacksonville, Florida. Works Progress Administration. p. 14.


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