Montgomery House (Wilmington, Delaware)

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Montgomery House

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Montgomery House, October 2011
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Location 2900 Old Limestone Rd., near Wilmington, Delaware
Coordinates 39°43′53″N75°40′15″W / 39.73149°N 75.67075°W / 39.73149; -75.67075 Coordinates: 39°43′53″N75°40′15″W / 39.73149°N 75.67075°W / 39.73149; -75.67075
Area 2.4 acres (0.97 ha)
Built 1789 (1789)
Architectural style Penn plan bank house
NRHP reference # 88001160 [1]
Added to NRHP July 28, 1988

Montgomery House is a historic home located near Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1789, and is a two- to three-story, three bay wide, gable roofed, Penn Plan banked dwelling of uncoursed fieldstone. It has a two-story frame addition at the south side of the house that dates from the 1950s. Also on the property are a contributing frame stable and a small frame well house. [2]

Wilmington, Delaware Largest city in Delaware

Wilmington is the largest and most populous city in the U.S. state of Delaware. The city was built on the site of Fort Christina, the first Swedish settlement in North America. It is at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine River, near where the Christina flows into the Delaware River. It is the county seat of New Castle County and one of the major cities in the Delaware Valley metropolitan area. Wilmington was named by Proprietor Thomas Penn after his friend Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, who was prime minister in the reign of George II of Great Britain.

New Castle County, Delaware County in the United States

New Castle County is the northernmost of the three counties of the U.S. state of Delaware. As of the 2010 census, the population was 538,479, making it the most populous county in Delaware, with just under 60% of the state's population of 897,936 in the same census. The county seat is Wilmington.

Fieldstone

Fieldstone is a naturally occurring type of stone, which lies at or near the surface of the Earth. Fieldstone is a nuisance for farmers seeking to expand their land under cultivation, but at some point it began to be used as a construction material. Strictly speaking, it is stone collected from the surface of fields where it occurs naturally. Collections of fieldstones which have been removed from arable land or pasture to allow for more effective agriculture are called clearance cairns.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. [1]

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.

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