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Cleaver House

1816 establishments in DelawareHouses completed in 1816Houses in New Castle County, DelawareHouses on the National Register of Historic Places in DelawareNational Register of Historic Places in New Castle County, Delaware
CLEAVER HOUSE, PORT PENN, SOUTHERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY
CLEAVER HOUSE, PORT PENN, SOUTHERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY

Cleaver House is a historic house and farm located to the west of Port Penn, New Castle County, Delaware, about one mile east of US 13 and Biddles Corner. The house was built about 1816, and is a two-story, seven-bay, gable-roofed farm dwelling built in three different sections. The three bay, center brick section is the oldest. Attached to the east is a two bay brick section, making it a five bay center hall dwelling, and to the west a 1+1⁄2-story frame kitchen wing. The house measures 61 feet long by 17 feet wide. Also on the property are a contributing frame barn with attached carriage shed and milk house.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.Joseph Cleaver, a relative of the residents and possible owner of the farm, was a grain merchant in Port Penn. His residence there, also known as the Cleaver House, is a contributing property in the Port Penn Historic District.

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J. Cleaver House

Port Penn Road
19731
Delaware, United States
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CLEAVER HOUSE, PORT PENN, SOUTHERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY
CLEAVER HOUSE, PORT PENN, SOUTHERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY
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