Noxontown | |
Location | Noxontown Road, near Middletown, Delaware |
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Coordinates | 39°26′9″N75°41′2″W / 39.43583°N 75.68389°W |
Area | 4.9 acres (2.0 ha) |
Built | c. 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.
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.
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