Cornucopia (Middletown, Delaware)

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Cornucopia
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Location1377 Bethel Church Road in Pencader Hundred, nearMiddletown, Delaware
Coordinates 39°31′33″N75°46′23″W / 39.525742°N 75.773122°W / 39.525742; -75.773122 Coordinates: 39°31′33″N75°46′23″W / 39.525742°N 75.773122°W / 39.525742; -75.773122
Area50 acres (20 ha)
Builtc. 1845 (1845)
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No. 87001517 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 8, 1987

Cornucopia, also known as the John and Mary Price Farm, is a historic home and farm located near Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware. The house was built about 1845, and is a 2+12-story, five bay "L"-shaped frame dwelling with a gable roof in a vernacular Greek Revival style. It has a 1+12-story wing and features a tetra-style verandah on brick piers. Also on the property are the contributing meat/dairy house, crib barn, hay barn and cow barn attached by an implement shed, three poultry sheds, and an implement shed with a shop and wagon shed. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. [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. Hubert F. Jicha, III (December 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Cornucopia". National Park Service. and accompanying 10 photos