Eden Hill is a historic home located at

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, built by Delaware Colonial Supreme Court Justice

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in 1749. The house was built in two sections; a double-pile, side-hall three bay structure to the south, and a lower two bay section of two rooms to the north. The

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ed dwelling has a gable roof on both sections. It was the home of the prominent Ridgely family, who purchased the property in 1748. and ' It was added to the

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in 1973, and was later acquired by the

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, and later still renovated for use by the state supreme court, being occupied in the early 2010s by Ridgely's descendant, Delaware Supreme Court justice

Henry du Pont Ridgely Henry du Pont Ridgely (born May 31, 1949) is a former justice of the Delaware Supreme Court who retired on January 31, 2015. Ridgley was a descendant of Colonial Delaware Supreme Court Justice Nicholas Ridgely, who had built a mansion called Eden ...

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware Houses completed in 1749 Houses in Dover, Delaware National Register of Historic Places in Dover, Delaware Ridgely family {{Delaware-NRHP-stub