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Point Farm
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Location2950 Red Lion Road, Kirkwood, Delaware
Coordinates 39°33′18″N75°42′09″W / 39.55504°N 75.70240°W / 39.55504; -75.70240
Area2.9 acres (1.2 ha)
Built1846 (1846)
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Other, Peach Mansion
MPS Red Lion Hundred MRA
NRHP reference No. 82002331 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 8, 1982

Point Farm, also known as the R. T. Cann House, is a historic home located at Kirkwood, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1846, and is a two-story, five-bay L-shaped, brick dwelling with a gable roof. It the rear is a three-bay gable-roofed wing. The house is in the Greek Revival style in the "Peach Mansion" form. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [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. Richard T. Jett and Gretchen Fitting (July 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Point Farm". National Park Service. and accompanying five photos