Noxontown

S of Middletown off DE 896, Middletown, Delaware. County/parish: New Castle.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 02, 1973. NRIS 73000518.

2 contributing buildings. 2 contributing structures.

From Wikipedia:

Noxontown

Noxontown consists of the remaining buildings and structures associated with a country mill site and village located near Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware. They are a house, small frame mill, shed, and mill dam. The house was built by Thomas Noxon about 1740, and is a 2+12-story, four-bay, brick dwelling with a two-story brick wing.

The 2+12-story frame mill predates the house. It measures 30 feet by 40 feet and has a metal roof. Noxontown was an important trading and milling center throughout the Colonial period. The mill was in operation as a merchant mill until 1855 and thereafter solely as a custom mill.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

All the buildings of Noxontown are now owned by St. Andrew's School.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75324495

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