Woodside (Mt. Pleasant, Delaware)

Woodside
Location 1358 Choptank Road, Mt. Pleasant, Delaware
Coordinates 39°30′23″N 75°45′01″W / 39.506385°N 75.750375°W / 39.506385; -75.750375Coordinates: 39°30′23″N 75°45′01″W / 39.506385°N 75.750375°W / 39.506385; -75.750375
Area 4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built c. 1860 (1860)
Architectural style Greek Revival, Italianate, Federal
MPS Rebuilding St. Georges Hundred 1850-1880 TR
NRHP reference # 85002119[1]
Added to NRHP September 13, 1985

Woodside is a historic home located at Mt. Pleasant, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built about 1860, and is a two- to three-story, five-bay, "L"-shaped brick dwelling with a center passage plan with a full width front porch. It features hipped roof with widely overhanging eaves and elaborate brackets in the Italianate style. Also on the property are a contributing stable, granary, cattle/dairy barn, equipment shed and water tower. It was built by Henry Clayton, whose great-grandfather was Governor Joshua Clayton, president and governor of Delaware.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Trish Bensinger (May 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Woodside". National Park Service. and accompanying five photos


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