Peter S. Faucett House, also known as the Hitchens House, is a historic home located at Georgetown,

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. It is an early-19th century, two-story, six-bay, shingled frame dwelling in a vernacular style. It consists of two separate three-bay structures joined to form a single dwelling. It has a two-story rear ell, gable roof, and cross-gable dormer. It features a variety of

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, Italianate, and

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style design elements. Also on the property is a contributing frame garage, built between 1910 and 1930. and ' The site was added to the

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in 1985.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware Greek Revival houses in Delaware Gothic Revival architecture in Delaware Italianate architecture in Delaware Houses in Georgetown, Delaware National Register of Historic Places in Sussex County, Delaware {{Delaware-NRHP-stub