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Achmester
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Achmester in 1983
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Location617 Marl Pit Road in St Georges Hundred, near Middletown, Delaware
Coordinates 39°28′51″N75°42′35″W / 39.48083°N 75.70976°W / 39.48083; -75.70976
Area210 acres (85 ha)
Built1829 (1829)
Built byMacFarlane, Robert & John
Architectural styleCenter Passage Plan
NRHP reference No. 79000626 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 28, 1979

Achmester was a historic home and national historic district located near Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware. It encompassed four contributing buildings and two contributing structures. Achmester was built in 1829, and was a 1+12-story, single pile "Peach Mansion." It consisted of a five bay frame main block with a five bay gable end addition, and five bay rear service ell. It had a gable roof with dormers and sat on a stone foundation. The façade featured simple box cornices and dormers decorated at a later date with Gothic Revival sawnwork trim, pendents, and vergeboards. The contributing outbuildings consist of a cow barn, shed, milk house, granary, and smokehouse. It was built by Richard Mansfield, a founder of Middletown Academy. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [1] It was demolished in 2022.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Robert A. Warnock; Jean Athan; Bernard Herman (April 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Achmester". National Park Service. and accompanying 20 photos