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Location1700 Walnut Green Road, Greenville, Delaware
Coordinates 39°47′30″N75°37′50″W / 39.79175°N 75.63043°W / 39.79175; -75.63043
Builtc. 1937 (1937)
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference No. 12000165 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 3, 2012

Stockton-Montmorency is a historic house at 1700 Walnut Green Road in Greenville, Delaware. This elegant brick Colonial Revival house, originally just called "Stockton", was designed by William Lawrence Bottomley and built in 1937 for Helen Page Echols and Angus Echols. The house was purchased in the 1960s by Henry E. I. du Pont, who added "Montmorency" to its name. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012. [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. "Recent Accomplishments, April 16, 2013" (PDF). Delaware SHPO. Retrieved June 25, 2014.