Short Homestead

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Short Homestead
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LocationSouth of Georgetown on Road 469, near Georgetown, Delaware
Coordinates 38°40′54″N75°30′4″W / 38.68167°N 75.50111°W / 38.68167; -75.50111
Arealess than one acre
Built byShort, John
NRHP reference No. 82002361 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 1, 1982

Short Homestead, also known as the James Baxter House, is a historic home and farm located near Georgetown, Sussex County, Delaware. The earlier section is dated to the mid-18th century, and is a two-story, three-bay, double-pile brick structure. A two-story, two-bay frame wing was built in the mid-19th century. Both sections have gable roofs. The house was once the center of a 500-acre plantation. The house was "modernized" in the late-19th century. [2]

The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Dick Carter (October 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Short Homestead". and Accompanying 11 photos
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