Savin-Wilson House

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Savin-Wilson House
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Location551 Hurd Road, in Duck Creek Hundred, near Smyrna, Delaware
Coordinates 39°17′11″N75°32′07″W / 39.286474°N 75.535345°W / 39.286474; -75.535345 Coordinates: 39°17′11″N75°32′07″W / 39.286474°N 75.535345°W / 39.286474; -75.535345
Area8 acres (3.2 ha)
Built1820 (1820)
Architectural styleGeorgian / Federal
MPS Dwellings of the Rural Elite in Central Delaware MPS
NRHP reference No. 92001135 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 11, 1992

Savin-Wilson House, also known as the Dew Duck Inn Hunting Club and John B. Savin House, is a historic home located near Smyrna, Kent County, Delaware. It built about 1820, and consists of a two-story, five-bay, gable-roofed brick main block with a one-story, gable-roofed frame kitchen wing. It is in a late Georgian / Federal vernacular style. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. [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. Bernard L. Herman, Rebecca J. Siders and Max Van Balgooy (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Savin-Wilson House". National Park Service. and accompanying photo