Milton is a town in Sussex County, Delaware, United States, on the Delmarva Peninsula. It is located on the Broadkill River, which empties into Delaware Bay. The population was 3,291 at the 2020 census.
David Hazzard was an American merchant and politician from Milton, in Sussex County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic-Republican Party, then the National Republican Party, and finally the Whig Party. He served in the Delaware General Assembly, as Governor of Delaware, and as an associate justice of the Delaware Superior Court.
Stella Pepper Gyles House is a historic home located near Georgetown, Sussex County, Delaware. It is dated to the mid-19th century, and is a large two-story, five bay, single-pile frame and shingle farmhouse with a three-bay side wing. It has a small lean-to rear wing attached to the rear of the three-bay wing. At the front entrance is a one-story, one bay pedimented porch. The house is constructed of cypress and is in a vernacular Greek Revival style. Located on the property are a notable milk house, a mid-19th century barn, and a granary.
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.
Eratt House is a historic home located near Bridgeville, Sussex County, Delaware. It was built about 1750, and is a two-story, three-bay, single-pile brick structure with a gable roof. The house is in the hall-and-parlor plan. The house was converted for use as a garage. It is one of only about a dozen surviving 18th-century brick houses in Sussex County.
Draper–Adkins House, also known as the Jenny Adkins House, is a historic home located at Milton, Sussex County, Delaware. It was built about 1840, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, five bay, single pile, wood frame dwelling clad in weatherboard. The interior has Greek Revival style details. It sits on a brick foundation has a lower rear wing, and has a two-story front portico with scroll-cut wooden decoration.
Dodd Homestead was a historic home and farmstead located near Rehoboth Beach, Sussex County, Delaware. It was a modified "L"-shaped, wood frame dwelling, the earliest portion of which dated to about 1830. The main house was a long, rectangular, two-story, single-pile structure in a vernacular Federal / Greek Revival style. It had a wing, that was originally one-story. but later raised to a full two-stories, probably in the mid-19th century. There was also a two-story rear wing. The house was sheathed in hand-hewn cypress shingles and had stuccoed brick interior end chimneys. Contributing 19th century outbuildings included a low brick ash shed, milk house, wood shed, storage shed, a small shed-roofed poultry house, stable, barn, a large gable-roofed dairy barn, corn crib, and carriage house.
William Russell House, also known as the Russell Farmhouse, is a historic home located at Lewes, Sussex County, Delaware. It was built in 1803, and is two-story, three-bay, double-pile, side-hall, frame house. A rear wing consists of an original one-room addition and a 20th-century addition. It is sheathed in cypress siding. Also on the property is an original brick milk house. It was the home of William Russell, a tanner and large landowner in early-19th-century Lewes.
Norwood House is a historic home located near Lewes, Sussex County, Delaware. It was built about 1850, and is two-story, three-bay, single-pile, frame house. It has a rectangular plan and sits on a brick foundation. The house is sheathed in weatherboard with cornerboards and has a shingled gable roof. A single story section extends down the entire length of the rear of the house and there is an earlier one-story section located on the north rear. Also on the property is a contributing privy. It is a virtually unaltered survivor of Belltown, a 19th-century "free colored" community.
Milton Historic District is a national historic district located at Milton, Sussex County, Delaware. It includes 188 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of Milton. The district includes much of Union, Federal, Broad, Chestnut, and Mill Streets, and encompasses a wide variety of residential, commercial, and institutional buildings from the late-18th century to the early-20th century. Union, Broad and Chestnut Streets include many examples of Gothic Revival and vernacular building styles popular in the 19th century, while Federal Street is noted for larger homes that include many Second Empire, Queen Anne, and Federal style homes, as well as Gothic Revival and vernacular styles. Notable non-residential buildings on Union Street include the Lydia B. Cannon Museum building, the "Irish Eyes" restaurant, and the Milton Theater (1939). On Federal Street, there are the Sussex Trust, Title and Safe Deposit Company building, and the Episcopal Church of St. John Baptist (1877).. Located in the district and separately listed are the Draper-Adkins House, Hazzard House, and Gov. James Ponder House.
Thomas B. Coursey House is a historic home located north of Coursey Pond near Felton, Kent County, Delaware. It was built in 1867, and is a three-story, five bay, low hip-roofed, center-hall passage, single-pile, rectangular plan, large frame house. It has Italianate-style design details. Attached to the main house are a two-story, shed-roofed north wing and to the east there is a recently added one-story, shed-roofed wing. It was the home of Thomas B. Coursey, a prominent figure in 19th century Kent County.
J. F. Betz House is a historic home located at Kenton, Kent County, Delaware. The house was built about 1875, and is a two-story, three-bay, double pile dwelling with Greek Revival / Gothic Revival / Queen Anne influences. It has a gable roof with cornice, pierced by a central cross gable. The property includes a contributing 19th century granary and barn.
William Stevens House, also known as Peach Mansion, is a historic home located at Kenton, Kent County, Delaware. The house was erected about 1860, and is a three-story, five bay, single pile frame dwelling in the Italianate style. It has a low hipped roof and a projecting box cornice with decorative brackets. The original house, built about 1811, forms the gable-roofed, three-bay, two-story, rear wing. Also on the property is a contributing 19th century springhouse.
Thomas Lamb Farm, also known as "Brick House Farm", is a historic home located at Kenton, Kent County, Delaware. The house dates to the second quarter of the 18th-century, and is a two-story, three-bay, single pile brick dwelling. It has a hall-and-parlor plan. Attached is a 1+1⁄2-story, three-bay brick kitchen wing with a porch.
Rawley House is a historic home located at Leipsic, Kent County, Delaware. It dates to the mid-19th century, and is a two-story, three-bay, gable roofed frame vernacular dwelling. It was built as a side hall plan, single pile house and later transformed to a double pile dwelling with additions. Additions are a two-story lean-to, a one-story, one-room plan lean-to the north and a one-story frame ell to the rear.
Charles Allen House is a historic home located at Christiana, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in the first half of the 19th century, and is a two-story, three-bay, single pile, gable-roofed dwelling. The main block is constructed of brick, and it has a two-story, one-bay frame addition built in the late-19th / early-20th century and a one-story, flat-roofed, stuccoed rear addition.
James Stewart Jr. House is a historic home located at Christiana, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in the late-18th century, and is a two-story, five-bay, brick dwelling. It consists of a three-bay, double pile section and a two-bay single pile section. The front facade features a three-bay, one story, hip-roofed facade porch with turned posts and added in the 20th century.
Old Cann Mansion House is a historic home located at Kirkwood, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built about 1792, and consists of three sections. The main section is a 2+1⁄2-story, five-bay double-pile brick structure. Attached to it is a lower 2+1⁄2-story, single-pile wing. In the rear is a two-story, frame addition built in the late 19th century. The house is in the Georgian style. Also on the property are a contributing frame board-and-batten barn and privy, and three frame sheds.
The James Steel House is a historic home located at Newark, New Castle County, Delaware. The original section, a two-story, two-bay, double-pile, stuccoed brick structure, is dated to the late 18th century. It was doubled in size about 1882, with the facade addition of a two-story, two-bay, frame wing. It features a two-story bay window on the endwall, a pointed-arch attic window, and German siding. The main block has had a series of rear additions during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, creating an overall T-plan.
Abner Cloud House, also known as Sawmill Farm, Mansion Farm, and the John S. Petitdemange House, is a historic home located near Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built about 1822, and consists of a two-story, side-gable, double-pile main section, a two-story, gable-roof, original kitchen wing; and a one-story, 20th century modern kitchen wing. It is constructed of stone and is in a vernacular Federal style. Also on the property is a 1+1⁄2-story gable-roof, frame and stone outbuilding.
