Parson Thorne Mansion

Parson Thorne Mansion
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Parson Thorne Mansion, HABS Photo, July 1982
38°54′49″N 75°26′7″W / 38.91361°N 75.43528°W / 38.91361; -75.43528
Area	1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built	1730 (1730)–1735
Architectural style	Georgian
NRHP reference No.	71000222[1]
Added to NRHP	June 21, 1971

Parson Thorne Mansion, also known as Silver Hill, is a historic mansion located at Milford, Kent County, Delaware. The mansion is located across from the Mill House. It was built between 1730 and 1735, and is a two-story, five-bay, center hall brick dwelling in the Georgian style. It has flanking one-story wings and a two-story frame rear wing. The house was remodeled in 1879, and features a steeply pitched cross-gable roof with dormers. It was the home of Delaware Governor William Burton (1789–1866) and the boyhood home of statesman John M. Clayton (1796–1856).^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.^[1]

References

External links

Media related to Parson Thorne Mansion at Wikimedia Commons

• Delaware Public Archives: Parson Thorne Mansion
• Milford Historical Society Facebook page – owns the Parson Thorne Mansion
• Visit Delaware: Parson Thorne Mansion
• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. DE-197, "Parson Thorne Mansion, 501 Northwest Front Street, Milford, Sussex County, DE", 18 photos, 1 color transparency, 3 data pages, 2 photo caption pages, supplemental material

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