Wright-Carry House
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Wright-Carry House is a historic home located at
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. The house was built about 1880, and is a two-story, three-bay, center hall plan frame structure with a two-story rear wing. Both sections have gable roof and the house exhibits Queen Anne style design elements. Also on the property are a contributing summer kitchen,
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, and barn or
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. 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.


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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware Queen Anne architecture in Delaware Houses completed in 1880 Houses in Kent County, Delaware Kenton, Delaware National Register of Historic Places in Kent County, Delaware {{Delaware-NRHP-stub