William Stevens House (Kenton, Delaware)

William Stevens House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Delaware Route 6, Kenton, Delaware
Coordinates	39°16′33″N75°40′30″W / 39.27583°N 75.67500°W / 39.27583; -75.67500
Area	2.9 acres (1.2 ha)
Built	c. 1811, c. 1860 (1860)
Architectural style	Italianate
MPS	Kenton Hundred MRA
NRHP reference No.	83001406 [1]
Added to NRHP	August 29, 1983

William Stevens House, also known as Peach Mansion^{[ citation needed ]}, is a historic home located at Kenton, Kent County, Delaware. The house was erected about 1860, and is a three-story, five-bay, single pile frame dwelling in the Italianate style. It has a low hipped roof and a projecting box cornice with decorative brackets. The original house, built about 1811, forms the gable-roofed, three-bay, two-story, rear wing. Also on the property is a contributing 19th century springhouse. ^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. ^[1] It was demolished in a controlled burn in February 2001.

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Stephen G. Del Sordo (March 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: William Stevens House". National Park Service. and accompanying photo