Mount Pleasant, also known as the Samuel Cahoon House, is a historic home located near Smyrna, Kent County, Delaware. It built about 1810, and consists of a two-story, five-bay, gable-roofed brick main house with an interior brick chimney stack at either gable end and a one-story, gable-roofed brick kitchen wing. It is in a late Georgian / Federal vernacular style and measures 43 feet by 25 feet. Also on the property are a contributing early 19th-century smokehouse and barn.[2]
Mount Pleasant | |
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| Location | 5 Margie Drive, Smyrna, Delaware |
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| Coordinates | 39°16′38″N 75°36′27″W / 39.277260°N 75.607507°W |
| Area | 9 acres (3.6 ha) |
| Built | c. 1810 |
| Architectural style | Georgian / Federal |
| MPS | Dwellings of the Rural Elite in Central Delaware MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 92001134[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 11, 1992 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Bernard L. Herman, Rebecca J. Siders and Max Van Balgooy (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mount Pleasant". National Park Service. and accompanying two photos