Carlisle House (Milford, Delaware)


Carlisle House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location	205 S. Front St., Milford, Delaware
Coordinates	38°54′45″N 75°25′32″W / 38.91250°N 75.42556°W / 38.91250; -75.42556Coordinates: 38°54′45″N 75°25′32″W / 38.91250°N 75.42556°W / 38.91250; -75.42556
Area	0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built	1794 (1794)
Built by	West, David
MPS	Milford MRA
NRHP Reference #	82002364^[1]
Added to NRHP	April 22, 1982

Carlisle House is a historic home located at Milford, Sussex County, Delaware. It was built in 1794, and is a two-story, five bay, frame building with a gable roof with dormers. It has a two-story rear wing and two side wings; one a conservatory and the other a garage. It has a pent roof across the front with a pedimented entrance hood supported by paired Doric order columns. The house was built by a ship's carpenter, David West, and is one of the last surviving artifacts from a once prosperous shipbuilding industry.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ unknown (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Carlisle House" (PDF). and Accompanying photo

U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Delaware

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Lists by county	Kent New Castle (Northern) New Castle (Southern) Sussex

Lists by city	Wilmington (New Castle County)

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Category:National Register of Historic Places in Delaware Portal:National Register of Historic Places

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