J. Mason Farm

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J. Mason Farm
J. MASON FARM, NEWARK, NORTHERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY DE.jpg
STONE PORTION WAS BUILT IN 1827 AND THE FRAME PORTION WAS ADDED MUCH LATER IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY
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Location2772 Creek Road, near Ashland, Delaware
Coordinates 39°47′53″N75°39′04″W / 39.798023°N 75.651213°W / 39.798023; -75.651213
Area12.5 acres (5.1 ha)
Built1827 (1827)
Architectural styleBi-level barn
MPS Agricultural Buildings and Complexes in Mill Creek Hundred, 1800-1840 TR
NRHP reference No. 86003091 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 13, 1986

J. Mason Farm is a historic farm located near Ashland, New Castle County, Delaware. The property includes two contributing buildings. They are a stone house (1827) and a stone and frame bank barn (c. 1827). The house is a two-story, gable-roofed, fieldstone structure with a two-story, three-bay, frame wing that may have been added in the 1930s or 1940s. The barn walls are of uncoursed fieldstone finished with a pebbled stucco. [2]

In the 20th century, it became part of Ashland Farm, a Du Pont estate. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. [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 and Valerie Cesna (May 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: J. Mason Farm". National Park Service. and accompanying two photos