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Kenton, Delaware
Kenton is a town in Kent County, Delaware, Kent County, Delaware, United States. It is part of the Dover, Delaware Dover metropolitan area, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 261 at the United States Census, 2010, 2010 census. History The Village of Kenton is a crossroads community located at the intersection of Delaware Route 42, Route 42 and Delaware Route 300, Route 300 in Kenton Hundred, Delaware. The village dates from the last decade of the 18th century, but did not achieve its peak until the last half of the 19th century when the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad, Delaware and Maryland Railroad line was put through from Clayton to Maryland. and Kenton was first laid out in 1796 by Philip Lewis who had begun to acquire property in the area five years before in 1791. The community was first known as Georgetown, then as Lewis Crossroads and finally, in 1806, by the name of Kenton. The Kenton Historic District was listed on the National Register of ...
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A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an origin with the German word , the Dutch word , and the Old Norse . The original Proto-Germanic word, *''tūnan'', is thought to be an early borrowing from Proto-Celtic *''dūnom'' (cf. Old Irish , Welsh ). The original sense of the word in both Germanic and Celtic was that of a fortress or an enclosure. Cognates of ''town'' in many modern Germanic languages designate a fence or a hedge. In English and Dutch, the meaning of the word took on the sense of the space which these fences enclosed, and through which a track must run. In England, a town was a small community that could not afford or was not allowed to build walls or other larger fortifications, and built a palisade or stockade instead. In the Netherlands, this space was a garden, mor ...
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Kenton Historic District
The Kenton Historic District is a national historic district located at Kenton, Kent County, Delaware. It encompasses 28 contributing buildings in the crossroads community of Kenton. Except for a few houses that date from the early settlement of the crossroads at the end of the 18th century, most of the buildings in the district date from the last half of the 19th century and more specifically from the 1870s and 1880s. The oldest buildings are the Wilds-Prettyman House (c. 1795) and the Wilds-Cooper House (c. 1780). Other notable buildings include the Kenton Methodist Church (1876), Brick Lodge, Thomas Lamb House (c. 1850), Guessford House (c. 1850), and Queen Anne style "Spindle and Spool" House. and It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical si ...
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Hoffecker-Lockwood House
Hoffecker-Lockwood House, also known as "Bellevue," was a historic home located at Kenton, Kent County, Delaware. The house dated to the mid-18th century, and was a two-story, three bay, hall-and-parlor plan brick dwelling. Attached was a low, two-story, west gable brick wing built part of the original structure and served as a service wing. The interior featured Georgian-style paneling. Also on the property were a contributing kitchen, smokehouse, barn and stable. and It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ... in 1983. It was demolished before 1992. References External links * Houses completed in the 18th century Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware Georgian architecture in D ...
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Robert Hill House
Robert Hill House, also known as "Alley," was a historic home located at Kenton, Kent County, Delaware. The house dated to the last decade of the 18th century, and was a two-story, three bay, side hall plan brick dwelling in the Federal style. It had a gable roof and the front facade features a simple entrance portico. The rear wing was extended in the late-19th century with the addition of a frame wing. and It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ... in 1983. The house was demolished between 2009 and 2011. References Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware Federal architecture in Delaware Houses completed in 1790 Houses in Kent County, Delaware Kenton, Delaware National Registe ...
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Green Mansion House (Kenton, Delaware)
Green Mansion House is a historic home located at Kenton, Kent County, Delaware. The house dates to the first quarter of the 19th century, and consists of two sections. The frame section is a two-story, three bay, center hall plan structure. Attached to it is a two-story, two bay stuccoed brick wing. The house was built as part of Philip Lewis' plan for the development of Kenton. and It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ... in 1983. References Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware Houses in Kent County, Delaware Kenton, Delaware National Register of Historic Places in Kent County, Delaware {{Delaware-NRHP-stub ...
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Thomas Davis House (Kenton, Delaware)
Thomas Davis House is a historic home located at Kenton, Kent County, Delaware. The house was built about 1790, and is a two-story, five bay, center hall plan brick dwelling in the Federal style. It has a gable roof and the front facade features an entrance portico replaced in the early 20th century. It has a rear wing added about 1840. The wing is in the Greek Revival style. and It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ... in 1983. References Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware Federal architecture in Delaware Greek Revival houses in Delaware Houses completed in 1790 Houses in Kent County, Delaware Kenton, Delaware National Register of Historic Places in Kent County, Delaw ...
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Cooper House (Kenton, Delaware)
Cooper House, also known as Wilds House, is a historic home located at Kenton, Kent County, Delaware, United States. The house was built about 1794, as a two-story, three bay, side hall plan stuccoed brick structure. A two-story rear wing was added in the latter half of the 19th century. and Fugitive slaves on the Underground Railroad were harbored in a secret room over the kitchen. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ... in 1973. References See also * National Register of Historic Places listings in Kent County, Delaware Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware Houses completed in 1794 Houses in Kent County, Delaware Kenton, Delaware National Register of Historic Places in Ken ...
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Cheney Clow
Cheney Clow (1734–1788) was a loyalist from Delaware Colony during the American Revolution who staged a rebellion against the colonial government that was advocating separation from Great Britain. Early life Cheney Clow was born in 1734 in Delaware Colony, the third of nine children of Nathaniel Clow and his wife Susannah. They lived in Queen Anne's County, Province of Maryland, owned their own farm, of unknown acres but was said to have been considerable. Land recorded in 1744, was named "Clow's Hope." In 1747 another was recorded and it was called "Boon's Hope". Boon's Hope cost Nathaniel and Susannah 2,100 pounds of tobacco, which was a common practice in the early colonies, paying for items with tobacco off your own land. Nathaniel Clow died in 1748, his estate papers and will are filed in the courthouse in Annapolis. He wanted his estate divided equally among his wife and children. The children were John (born 1732), Mary (born 1733), Cheney (born 1734), Susannah (born 17 ...
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Benjamin Blackiston House
Benjamin Blackiston House, also known as Deer Park, is a historic home located at Kenton, Kent County, Delaware. It was built about 1760, and is a -story, three bay, vernacular frame dwelling. It was originally built on the Penn plan, but later enlarged to six bays. and It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ... in 1983. References External links * * Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware Houses completed in 1760 Houses in Kent County, Delaware Kenton, Delaware Historic American Buildings Survey in Delaware National Register of Historic Places in Kent County, Delaware {{Delaware-NRHP-stub ...
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Thomas Attix House
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. and It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ... in 1983. References Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware Gothic Revival architecture in Delaware Queen Anne architecture in Delaware Houses completed in 1880 Houses in Kent County, Delaware Kenton, Delaware National Register of Histo ...
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