Wright-Carry House is a historic home located at
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Kent County, Delaware
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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,
privy
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, and barn or
carriage house
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It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1983.
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References
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
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