Built 1829 (1829) NRHP Reference # 79000626 Area 85 ha | Architectural style Center Passage Plan Opened 1829 Added to NRHP 28 December 1979 | |
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Location 617 Marl Pit Road in St Georges Hundred, near Middletown, Delaware Built by MacFarlane, Robert & John | ||
Achmester is a historic home and national historic district located near Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware. It encompasses four contributing buildings and two contributing structures. Achmester was built in 1829, and is a 1 1/2-story, single pile "Peach Mansion." It consists of a five bay frame main block with a five bay gable end addition, and five bay rear service ell. It has a gable roof with dormers and sits on a stone foundation. The facade features simple box cornices and dormers decorated at a later date with Gothic Revival sawnwork trim, pendents, and vergeboards. The contributing outbuildings consist of a cow barn, shed, milk house, granary, and smokehouse. It was built by Richard Mansfield, a founder of Middletown Academy.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.