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Somerville (Kenton, Delaware)

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NRHP Reference #
  
74000599

Added to NRHP
  
31 December 1974

Area
  
10 ha

Somerville (Kenton, Delaware)

Location
  
1073 7 Hickories Road, Kenton, Delaware

Built
  
c. 1798 (1798), c. 1806

Somerville is a historic home located near Kenton, Kent County, Delaware. It is a two-story, five bay, brick structure with a Victorian cross-gable roof and portico. The rear wing was the original dwelling, built about 1798. This section was expanded about 1806. Also on the property is a contributing brick barn. It was the home of Delaware statesman Nicholas Ridgely.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

References

Somerville (Kenton, Delaware) Wikipedia