Noxontown

Noxontown consists of the remaining buildings and structures associated with a country mill site and village located near Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware. They are a house, small frame mill, shed, and mill dam. The house was built by Thomas Noxon about 1740, and is a 2 1/2-story, four bay, brick dwelling with a two-story brick wing.

Noxon House, date unknown, Delaware State Archives

Noxontown
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Noxontown, Historic HABS Photo
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Location	Noxontown Road, near Middletown, Delaware
Coordinates	39°26′9″N 75°41′2″W
Area	4.9 acres (2.0 ha)
Built	c. 1740 (1740)
NRHP reference No.	73000518[1]
Added to NRHP	July 2, 1973

The 2 1/2-story frame mill predates the house. It measures 30 feet by 40 feet and has a metal roof. Noxontown was an important trading and milling center throughout the Colonial period. The mill was in operation as a merchant mill until 1855 and thereafter solely as a custom mill.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]

All the buildings of Noxontown are now owned by St. Andrew's School.

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Joan M. Norton (October 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Noxontown". National Park Service. and accompanying three photos

External links

• Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. DE-9, "Noxontown Mill, Noxontown Road (County Road 38), Middletown, New Castle County, DE", 24 photos, 5 measured drawings, 13 data pages