Springer-Cranston House

Springer-Cranston House

View from the northwest
Location 1015 Stanton Rd., Mill Creek Hundred, Marshallton, Delaware
Coordinates 39°43′33″N 75°38′18″W / 39.72592°N 75.63836°W / 39.72592; -75.63836Coordinates: 39°43′33″N 75°38′18″W / 39.72592°N 75.63836°W / 39.72592; -75.63836
Area 6 acres (2.4 ha)
Architectural style Other, Vernacular Georgian
NRHP Reference # 94001177[1]
Added to NRHP September 30, 1994

Springer-Cranston House is a historic home located at Marshallton, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in the late-18th century, and is a 2 1/2-story, four bay, coursed rubble stone dwelling with a two-story stuccoed stone service wing. It has a Georgian interior floor plan and gable roof. The house is constructed of local Brandywine granite. It was originally a one-story, stone dwelling roughly 24 feet by 18 feet, and subsequently enlarged and modified during the first half of the 19th century. The interior was modernized in the 1940s.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[1]

View from the southwest

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Bernard Herman (April 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Springer-Cranston House" (PDF). National Park Service. and accompanying eight photos


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