Woodlawn (Smyrna, Delaware)

Woodlawn
Woodlawn in 1960
Location 1165 DuPont Boulevard, near Smyrna, Delaware
Coordinates 39°17′15″N 75°35′39″W / 39.287570°N 75.594175°W / 39.287570; -75.594175Coordinates: 39°17′15″N 75°35′39″W / 39.287570°N 75.594175°W / 39.287570; -75.594175
Area less than one acre
Built 1853 (1853)
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP reference # 82001863[1]
Added to NRHP October 19, 1982

Woodlawn, also known as the Thomas England House, was an historic home located near Smyrna, Kent County, Delaware. It was first known as Morris Rambles when built in 1741 by James Morris of Philadelphia Pennsylvania. In 1853, it was sold by Elizabeth Berry Morris (the granddaughter of James Morris) to cousin George Wilson Cummins. After extensive renovations, the mansion was renamed Woodlawn. It is a two-story, five-bay temple-fronted frame dwelling in the Greek Revival-style. It has a gable roof and features a monumental pedimented portico supported by six Doric order columns. It has a one-story kitchen wing with a low hipped roof. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1] It has been demolished. Efforts by the community to save it from the wrecking ball were too little and too late.

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Patricia Wright (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Woodlawn". National Park Service. and accompanying 13 photos


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