Bannister Hall and Baynard House

Bannister Hall and Baynard House
Baynard House, September 2012
Bannister Hall and Baynard House is located in Delaware
Bannister Hall and Baynard House
Bannister Hall and Baynard House is located in the United States
Bannister Hall and Baynard House
LocationSouth of Smyrna off Delaware Route 300, near Smyrna, Delaware
Coordinates39°17′22″N 75°37′19″W / 39.28944°N 75.62194°W / 39.28944; -75.62194
Area10 acres (4.0 ha)
Built1750
ArchitectThomas Collins
Architectural styleResurrection Manor
NRHP reference No.73000503[1]
Added to NRHPApril 11, 1973

Bannister Hall and Baynard House is a national historic district located near Smyrna, Kent County, Delaware. It includes structures dating from 1750. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. The listing included two contributing buildings on 10 acres (4.0 ha).[1]

Baynard House has also been named Fox Hall.[2]

The cupola-topped Bannister Hall building "may have been the first pre-fabricated house erected in Delaware" although in appearance it is "typical of Delaware country mansions of the Victorian period."[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b Vincent Rogers (July 24, 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Bannister Hall and Baynard House / Fox Hall". National Park Service. and accompanying photos


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