Lesley-Travers Mansion

Historic house in Delaware, United States

United States historic place


Lesley-Travers Mansion
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Lesley-Travers Mansion, HABS Photo, July 1982
39°39′39″N 75°34′11″W / 39.66074°N 75.56970°W / 39.66074; -75.56970
Area	3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built	1855 (1855)
Built by	Van Kirk, Augustin
Architect	Dixon, Thomas and James
Architectural style	Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.	73000523^[1]
Added to NRHP	April 3, 1973

Lesley-Travers Mansion, also known as the Deemer House, Travers House, and Lesley House, is a historic home located at New Castle, New Castle County, Delaware. It was designed by noted Baltimore architects Thomas and James Dixon and built in 1855. It has a two-story, five-bay, brick core with several appendages and wings. It has a castle-like appearance, with a slate-covered steeply pitched gable roof and five-story tower, and is in the Gothic Revival style.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Vincent Rogers and Rosemary Troy (July 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Lesley-Travers Mansion". National Park Service. and accompanying eight photos

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lesley-Travers Mansion.

Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. DE-181, "Lesley-Travers Mansion, 112 West Sixth Street, New Castle, New Castle County, DE", 22 photos, 5 color transparencies, 6 data pages, 3 photo caption pages, supplemental material

U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Delaware

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