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S. P. Dixon Farm

Coordinates: 39°47′45″N 75°39′27″W / 39.795786°N 75.657526°W / 39.795786; -75.657526
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S. P. Dixon Farm
Side view of the S. P. Dixon farmhouse.
S. P. Dixon Farm is located in Delaware
S. P. Dixon Farm
S. P. Dixon Farm is located in the United States
S. P. Dixon Farm
LocationBarley Mill and Brackenville Rds., near Ashland, Delaware
Coordinates39°47′45″N 75°39′27″W / 39.795786°N 75.657526°W / 39.795786; -75.657526
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Builtc. 1812 (1812)
Architectural styleTri-level barn
MPSAgricultural Buildings and Complexes in Mill Creek Hundred, 1800-1840 TR
NRHP reference No.86003085[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 13, 1986

The Samuel P. Dixon Farm is a historic farm near Ashland, New Castle County, Delaware. The property includes three contributing stone buildings: a house, a spring house and a tri-level bank barn. The house is a two-story, four-bay dwelling in two sections. The older section is dated to the late 18th or early 19th century, with an addition before 1830, about the time the barn was built.[2]

In the 20th century, it became part of Ashland Farm, a Du Pont estate. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[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. ^ Hubert F. Jicha, III and Valerie Cesna (March 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: S. P. Dixon Farm". National Park Service. and accompanying three photos