Moore House (Smyrna, Delaware)

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Moore House
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Moore House in 2017.
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Location511 W. Mt. Vernon St., Smyrna, Delaware
Coordinates 39°17′45″N75°36′51″W / 39.295944°N 75.614211°W / 39.295944; -75.614211
Area1.3 acres (0.53 ha)
Built1868 (1868)
Built byMoore, Robert
Architectural styleItalianate, Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No. 82001022 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 19, 1982

Moore House is a historic home located at Smyrna, Kent County, Delaware. It built between in 1868, and is a two-story, frame dwelling with Italianate and Gothic Revival style decorative detail. It has an unusual, off-set double-pile, "house-on-house" plan. It has a cross-gable roof with a distinctive cornice and a wraparound porch. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Patricia Wright (May 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Moore House". National Park Service. and accompanying six photos