Cornucopia (Middletown, Delaware)

Cornucopia
Location 1377 Bethel Church Road in Pencader Hundred, nearMiddletown, Delaware
Coordinates 39°31′33″N 75°46′23″W / 39.525742°N 75.773122°W / 39.525742; -75.773122Coordinates: 39°31′33″N 75°46′23″W / 39.525742°N 75.773122°W / 39.525742; -75.773122
Area 50 acres (20 ha)
Built c. 1845 (1845)
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP reference # 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

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ 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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