Mount Pleasant (Smyrna, Delaware)

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
Mount Pleasant (Smyrna, Delaware) is located in Delaware
Mount Pleasant (Smyrna, Delaware)
Mount Pleasant (Smyrna, Delaware) is located in the United States
Mount Pleasant (Smyrna, Delaware)
Location5 Margie Drive, Smyrna, Delaware
Coordinates39°16′38″N 75°36′27″W / 39.277260°N 75.607507°W / 39.277260; -75.607507
Area9 acres (3.6 ha)
Builtc. 1810 (1810)
Architectural styleGeorgian / Federal
MPSDwellings of the Rural Elite in Central Delaware MPS
NRHP reference No.92001134[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 11, 1992

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ 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