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Cornucopia (Middletown, Delaware)

Coordinates: 39°31′33″N 75°46′23″W / 39.525742°N 75.773122°W / 39.525742; -75.773122
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Cornucopia
Cornucopia (Middletown, Delaware) is located in Delaware
Cornucopia (Middletown, Delaware)
Cornucopia (Middletown, Delaware) is located in the United States
Cornucopia (Middletown, Delaware)
Location1377 Bethel Church Road in Pencader Hundred, nearMiddletown, Delaware
Coordinates39°31′33″N 75°46′23″W / 39.525742°N 75.773122°W / 39.525742; -75.773122
Area50 acres (20 ha)
Builtc. 1845 (1845)
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.87001517[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 8, 1987

Cornucopia, also known as the John and Mary Price Farm, is a historic home and farm located near Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware. The house was built about 1845, and is a 2+12-story, five-bay L-shaped frame dwelling with a gable roof in a vernacular Greek Revival style. It has a 1+12-story wing and features a tetra-style verandah on brick piers. Also on the property are the contributing meat/dairy house, crib barn, hay barn and cow barn attached by an implement shed, three poultry sheds, and an implement shed with a shop and wagon shed.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[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 (December 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Cornucopia". National Park Service. and accompanying 10 photos