Maples is a historic building located near Middletown,

New Castle County, Delaware New Castle County is the northernmost of the three List of counties in Delaware, counties of the U.S. state of Delaware (New Castle, Kent County, Delaware, Kent, and Sussex County, Delaware, Sussex). As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 ce ...

. It was built about 1855, and is a two-story, L-shaped, frame dwelling. It is in the Delaware vernacular style with

Greek Revival Greek Revival architecture is a architectural style, style that began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe, the United States, and Canada, ...

and Second Empire style details. The building has a wraparound porch with flat roof, a cross-gable roof, and interior end chimneys. and It was listed on the

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in 1978.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware Beaux-Arts architecture in Delaware Houses completed in 1855 Houses in New Castle County, Delaware National Register of Historic Places in New Castle County, Delaware {{Delaware-NRHP-stub