Sudler House is a historic home located in Bridgeville,

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 ...

. The original section was built about 1750, and is a two-story, six bay, frame dwelling sheathed in

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in a vernacular style. The original three-bay section was enlarged during the

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period. The interior features a gracefully designed staircase with square

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has an unusual double carved bracket trim and panelled base. and ' Francis Asbury (1745-1816) preached here. The Sudler family owned the property from 1833 to 1971.Delaware Public Archives: Sudler House
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in 1974.

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* Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware Federal architecture in Delaware Houses completed in 1750 Houses in Sussex County, Delaware Historic American Buildings Survey in Delaware National Register of Historic Places in Sussex County, Delaware {{Delaware-NRHP-stub