Aspendale (Kenton)

Infobox_nrhp | name =Aspendale
nrhp_type =nhl


caption = Aspendale
nearest_city= Kenton, Delaware
locmapin = Delaware
lat_degrees = 39
lat_minutes = 13
lat_seconds = 15
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 75
long_minutes = 41
long_seconds = 12
long_direction = W
area =
built =1771-1773
architect= Unknown
architecture= Georgian
designated= April 15, 1970cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=910&ResourceType=Building
title=Aspendale |accessdate=2007-09-27|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = April 15, 1970cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=70000170

Aspendale, near Kenton, Delaware is a house and small plantation that has survived intact since the late 1700s. At least at the time of its landmarking in 1970, it was one of few houses built before 1800 that was continuously owned by the same family. It consists of a small 2 story brick house and various outbuildings.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1970.,citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/70000170.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Aspendale] |444 KB|author=Patricia Heintzelman and Charles Snell|date=August 30, 1974|publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/70000170.pdf "Accompanying 5 photos, exterior, 1974 and undated"] |1.60 MB]

It is located on Delaware Route 300, 1 mile west of Kenton.

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