Noxontown consists of the remaining buildings and structures associated with a country mill site and village located near Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware. They are a house, small frame mill, shed, and mill dam. The house was built by Thomas Noxon about 1740, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, four-bay, brick dwelling with a two-story brick wing.
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 Noxontown, Historic HABS Photo | |
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| Location | Noxontown Road, near Middletown, Delaware |
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| Coordinates | 39°26′9″N 75°41′2″W / 39.43583°N 75.68389°W |
| Area | 4.9 acres (2.0 ha) |
| Built | c. 1740 |
| NRHP reference No. | 73000518[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 2, 1973 |
The 2+1⁄2-story frame mill predates the house. It measures 30 feet by 40 feet and has a metal roof. Noxontown was an important trading and milling center throughout the Colonial period. The mill was in operation as a merchant mill until 1855 and thereafter solely as a custom mill.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]
All the buildings of Noxontown are now owned by St. Andrew's School.
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Joan M. Norton (October 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Noxontown". National Park Service. and accompanying three photos
External links
edit- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. DE-9, "Noxontown Mill, Noxontown Road (County Road 38), Middletown, New Castle County, DE", 24 photos, 5 measured drawings, 13 data pages