Mount Cuba Historic District

Mount Cuba Historic District
Location SR 261 and DE 82, Mount Cuba, Delaware
Coordinates 39°47′22″N 75°38′26″W / 39.78944°N 75.64056°W / 39.78944; -75.64056Coordinates: 39°47′22″N 75°38′26″W / 39.78944°N 75.64056°W / 39.78944; -75.64056
Area 24 acres (9.7 ha)
Built 1816 (1816)
Architectural style Gothic
NRHP reference # 79000627[1]
Added to NRHP December 19, 1979

Mount Cuba Historic District is a national historic district at Mount Cuba, New Castle County, Delaware. It encompasses twelve contributing buildings, one contributing site, and four contributing structures on seven properties that lie along County Road 261. Notable buildings include the Speakman's grist mill, saw mill, and adjoining stone house; and a number of frame dwellings in a variety of popular mid to late 19th-century architectural styles including Gothic Revival. The contributing site is the Mt. Cuba picnic grounds.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Deborah Ackroyd Smith (December 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Mount Cuba Historic District". National Park Service and accompanying photos. Retrieved 2013-03-16. External link in |publisher= (help)


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