EVALUATION OF RESOURCES ELIGIBLE FOR NOMINATION TO THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES: UPPER PENINSULA ZONE, 1630-1830 +/- Prepared by Bernard L. Herman Gabrielle M. Zanier Rebecca J. Siders Max Van Balgooy Center for Historic Architecture and Engineering College of Urban Affairs and Public Policy University of Delaware Newark, Delaware January 1990 The University of Delaware is committed to assuring equal opportunity to all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, or handicap in its educational programs, activities, admissions or employment practices as required by Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and other applicable statutes. 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Survey Evaluation 1 Figure 1: Map of Survey Area 3 Appendix A: Preliminary Listing of Sites 4 Appendix B: Sites Previously Listed on the National Register 10 Appendix C: Sites Examined for Integrity 12 iii Survey Evaluation This survey was conducted as part of a matching funds grant from the Delaware Bureau of Archaeology and Historic Preservation to the Center for Historic Architecture and Engineering at the University of Delaware. The survey portion of the project was carried out between June 1988 and January 1989. Fieldwork was conducted by Bernard L. Herman (principal investigator), Max Van Balgooy, and Gabrielle Lanier. Research was developed by Bernard L. Herman, Max Van Balgooy, and Rebecca Siders. The purpose of the survey was to identify all resources located within the middle portion of the Upper Peninsula Zone that were potentially eligible for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places under the theme or historic context of "Upper Peninsula Zone, 1770-1830 +/-, DwelLingsjStair hall and customary plansjGeorgian and Federal Vernacular style." This historic context is described in detail in the National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form, Dwellings of the Rural Elite in Central Delaware. 1770-1830. The specific geographic area for the survey included Pencader, Red Lion, St. Georges, Appoquinimink, Blackbird, Duck Creek, Little Creek, and Kenton hundreds (see Figure 1). Survey staff began by reviewing the cultural resource survey inventory files at the Bureau of Archaeology and Historic Preservation for the Kent County hundreds included in the survey area. This review produced a preliminary listing of all sites included in the cultural resource inventory (see Appendix A). This comprehensive list was reduced to those resources that were significant within the specific historic contexi. Many of the resources that were eliminated at this stage may actually be eligible under other contexts or as archaeological sites. The list was then further reduced by eliminating all resources that were already listed on the National Register of Historic Places (see Appendix B). In Kenton Hundred, for example, all of the eligible resources had already been listed under the Kenton Hundred Multiple Resource Nomination. For the hundreds in New Castle County, Dr. Herman reviewed office copies of the cultural resource survey maps and compared the marked sites with a list of the resources that were already listed on the National Register. This left a total of 24 sites spread throughout St. Georges, Appoquinimink, Blackbird, Duck Creek, and Little Creek hundreds that had been determined potentially eligible under the historic context but required on- site visits to examine issues of integrity (see Appendix C). If the site visit proved that the building reflected the historic context and met the criteria for integrity established by the National Park Service, it was considered as a candidate for nomination. Ten of the 24 properties were determined eligible for nomination to the National Register of Uistoric Places. Prooertv Criteria D. W. Thomas House (N-6237) A, C Hill Island Farm (N-5898) Green Meadow (N-6240) Brook Ramble (N-101) Vandyke-Heath House (N-5891) Johnson Home Farm (N-4247) Mount Jones (N-1503) Windsor (N- ) Savin-Wilson House (K-3967) Mount Pleasant (K-3863) These properties were all fully documented through photographs, measured floor plans, and architectural descriptions. Historical narratives outlining the owners and occupants of the building during the applicable period placed the properties within the estatjlished historic context. Sources of information included deeds, orphans court records, wills, probate inventories, tax lists, historic maps, secondary sources, and statistical data bases created from historical materials. Figure I: Map of Survey Area Appendix A: Preliminary Listing of Sites Pencader Hundred N-3983 N-5027 N-3985 N-5031 N-3986 N-5123 N-4025 N-5808 N-5026 N-6187 Red Lion Hundred St. Georges Hundred N-5193 N-5196 N-5197 N-5201 N-5205 N-5206 N-5209 N-5212 N-5216 N-5225 N-5243 N-5253 N-5934 N-10304 Windsor Appendix A Appoquinimink Hundred Blackbird Hundred Dr. Daniel & Dr. Cummins House Duck Creek Hundred Appendix A Kenton Hundred Appendix A Little Creek Hundred Appendix A Appendix B: Sites Previously Listed on the National Register of Historic Places Pencader Hundred N-138 N-576 N-3985 N-5031 N-6194 N-190 N-1089 N-3986 N-5123 N-6199 N-263 N-3875 N-4025 N-5808 N-6202 N-264 N-3975 N-5026 N-6187 N-6207 N-415 N-3983 N-5027 N-6193 N-6210 Red Lion Hundred St. Georges Hundred Appoquinimink Hundred Rl ackhi rd Hundred Duck Creek Hundred Kenton Hundred Little Creek Hundred Appendix C: Sites Examined for Integrity CRS # Name Hundred Determination York Seat Little Creek I Cowgill House Little Creek I Duhammel House Little Creek I Carey Farm Little Creek I Mount Pleasant Duck Creek E William Collins House Duck Creek L Savin-Wilson House Duck Creek E A. G. Cummins House Duck Creek I Lebanon Duck Creek I Brook Ramble Appoquinimink Mount ,Jones St. Georges William Bennett House St. Georges Bellvue Pencader Cann Farmstead Pencader Roger Williams House Pencader johnson Home Farm Blackbird Aiken Farm St. Georges Peter Alrich House St. Georges Vandyke-Heath House Appoquinimink Hill Island Farm Appoquinimink David Wilson Thomas House Appoquinimink Green Meadow Appoquinimink Windsor St. Georges Dr. Daniel & Dr. Cumins House Blackbird .