Mayfield (Middletown, Delaware)

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Mayfield
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Location1603 Levels Rd. in Appoquinimink Hundred, near Middletown, Delaware
Coordinates 39°24′1″N75°45′21″W / 39.40028°N 75.75583°W / 39.40028; -75.75583
Area5.2 acres (2.1 ha)
Builtc. 1839 (1839)
Architectural styleVernacular Greek Revival
NRHP reference No. 97000836 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 1, 1997

Mayfield, also known as the William Wilson House, is a historic home located near Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built about 1839, and is a 2+12-story, five-bay, center hall plan brick dwelling with a two-story, rear service wing. The house is in a vernacular Greek Revival style. It measures approximately 45 feet wide and 25 feet deep. It features a steeply pitched gable roof with dormers and tetrastyle, Greek-Revival style porch on brick footings. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. [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. Susan Brizzolara (April 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mayfield". National Park Service. and accompanying 11 photos