Short Homestead

Short Homestead
Location South of Georgetown on Road 469, near Georgetown, Delaware
Coordinates 38°40′54″N 75°30′4″W / 38.68167°N 75.50111°W / 38.68167; -75.50111Coordinates: 38°40′54″N 75°30′4″W / 38.68167°N 75.50111°W / 38.68167; -75.50111
Area less than one acre
Built by Short, John
NRHP Reference # 82002361[1]
Added to NRHP April 1, 1982

Short Homestead, also known as the James Baxter House, is a historic home and farm located near Georgetown, Sussex County, Delaware. The earlier section is dated to the mid-18th century, and is a two-story, three bay, double-pile brick structure. A two-story, two bay frame wing was built in the mid-19th century. Both sections have gable roofs. The house was once the center of a 500-acre plantation. The house was "modernized" in the late-19th century.[2]

The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Dick Carter (October 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Short Homestead" (PDF). and Accompanying 11 photos


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