Parson Thorne Mansion, 501 Northwest Front Street, Milford, Sussex County, DE
Summary
Significance: This house, clearly altered in the late nineteenth century, features exquisite Georgian paneling on the interior. An early owner was Rev. Sydenham Thorne, a co-founder of the town of Milford and builder of the present Christ Church. John M. Clayton, Secretary of State under Zachary Taylor who negotiated the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty with Great Britain, lived here as a boy.
Survey number: HABS DE-197
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71000222
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Jandoli, Liz, transmitter
Location
Milford, 38.91315, -75.43504
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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