Woodside (Mt. Pleasant, Delaware)

Woodside
Woodside (Mt. Pleasant, Delaware) is located in Delaware
Woodside (Mt. Pleasant, Delaware)
Woodside (Mt. Pleasant, Delaware) is located in the United States
Woodside (Mt. Pleasant, Delaware)
Location1358 Choptank Road, Mt. Pleasant, Delaware
Coordinates39°30′23″N 75°45′01″W / 39.506385°N 75.750375°W / 39.506385; -75.750375
Area4 acres (1.6 ha)
Builtc. 1860 (1860)
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Italianate, Federal
MPSRebuilding St. Georges Hundred 1850-1880 TR
NRHP reference No.85002119[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 13, 1985

Woodside is a historic home located at Mt. Pleasant, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built about 1860, and is a two- to three-story, five-bay, L-shaped brick dwelling with a center passage plan with a full-width front porch. It features hipped roof with widely overhanging eaves and elaborate brackets in the Italianate style. Also on the property are a contributing stable, granary, cattle/dairy barn, equipment shed and water tower. It was built by Henry Clayton, whose great-grandfather was Governor Joshua Clayton, president and governor of Delaware.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Trish Bensinger (May 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Woodside". National Park Service. and accompanying five photos


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