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Gov. George Truitt House

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Built
  
1796 (1796)

Opened
  
1796

Architectural style
  
Georgian architecture

NRHP Reference #
  
78000889

Area
  
8,000 m²

Added to NRHP
  
12 December 1978

Gov. George Truitt House

Location
  
Southwest of Magnolia on Road 388, Magnolia, Delaware

Gov. George Truitt House is a historic home located near Magnolia, Kent County, Delaware. It was built about 1796, and consists of a 2 12-story, stuccoed brick main house, with a 2 12-story braced frame wing. The house is in the late-Georgian style. It features a gable roof with an interesting modillioned box cornice and an exterior chimney with sloped weatherings and corbelled lip. It was the home of Delaware Governor George Truitt (1756-1818).

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

References

Gov. George Truitt House Wikipedia