Thomas Attix House

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Thomas Attix House
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LocationRoad 140, Kenton, Delaware
Coordinates 39°13′31″N75°42′28″W / 39.22528°N 75.70778°W / 39.22528; -75.70778
Area22.6 acres (9.1 ha)
Builtc. 1880 (1880)
Architectural styleEclectic
MPS Kenton Hundred MRA
NRHP reference No. 83001361 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 27, 1983

Thomas Attix House is a historic home and farm complex located at Kenton, Kent County, Delaware. The house was built in about 1880, and is a two-story, three-bay, frame dwelling with a rear wing in a Gothic Revival / Queen Anne style. Contributing outbuildings include a brick milk house, sawn-plank bull pen, frame barn, cattle sheds, and machine shed. They date to the 19th and early-20th centuries. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [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. Stephen G. Del Sordo (March 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Thomas Attix House". National Park Service. and accompanying two photos