Draper House is a historic home located at
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Sussex County, Delaware
Sussex County is located in the southern part of the U.S. state of Delaware, on the Delmarva Peninsula. As of the 2020 census, the population was 237,378. The county seat is Georgetown.
The first European settlement in the state of Delaware w ...
. It was built in 1870, and is a two-story, five bay, center hall, frame dwelling originally built in the
Victorian Gothic style. It was remodeled in the early-20th century with elements of
Queen Anne and
Classical Revival building traditions. It has a hipped roof with dormers, a telescoping turret, a truncated tower, a second floor projecting bay with a
Palladian window
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, and a full three-sided porch with a shadow curve supported by
Ionic order
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columns. From 1948 to 1953, it was owned by the Milford Hospital and used by them as housing for nurses.
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It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
References
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware
Queen Anne architecture in Delaware
Gothic Revival architecture in Delaware
Neoclassical architecture in Delaware
Houses completed in 1870
Houses in Milford, Delaware
Houses in Sussex County, Delaware
National Register of Historic Places in Sussex County, Delaware
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