Noxontown

Noxontown
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Noxontown, Historic HABS Photo
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Location	Noxontown Road, near Middletown, Delaware
Coordinates	39°26′9″N75°41′2″W / 39.43583°N 75.68389°W / 39.43583; -75.68389
Area	4.9 acres (2.0 ha)
Built	c. 1740 (1740)
NRHP reference No.	73000518 [1]
Added to NRHP	July 2, 1973

Noxontown consists of the remaining buildings and structures associated with a country mill site and village located near Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware. They are a house, small frame mill, shed, and mill dam. The house was built by Thomas Noxon about 1740, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, four-bay, brick dwelling with a two-story brick wing.

Noxon House, date unknown, Delaware State Archives

The 2+1⁄2-story frame mill predates the house. It measures 30 feet by 40 feet and has a metal roof. Noxontown was an important trading and milling center throughout the Colonial period. The mill was in operation as a merchant mill until 1855 and thereafter solely as a custom mill. ^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. ^[1]

All the buildings of Noxontown are now owned by St. Andrew's School.

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Joan M. Norton (October 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Noxontown". National Park Service. and accompanying three photos

External links

• Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. DE-9, " Noxontown Mill, Noxontown Road (County Road 38), Middletown, New Castle County, DE ", 24 photos, 5 measured drawings, 13 data pages