Eden Hill (Dover, Delaware) Explained

Eden Hill
Location:W end of Water St., Dover, Delaware
Coordinates:39.1514°N -75.5369°W
Builder:Ridgely, Nicholas
Added:May 8, 1973
Refnum:73000487

Eden Hill is a historic home located at Dover, Kent County, Delaware, built by Delaware Colonial Supreme Court Justice Nicholas Ridgely in 1749.[1] The house was built in two sections; a double-pile, side-hall three bay structure to the south, and a lower two bay section of two rooms to the north. The stuccoed dwelling has a gable roof on both sections. It was the home of the prominent Ridgely family, who purchased the property in 1748.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, and was later acquired by the Delaware Department of Transportation, and later still renovated for use by the state supreme court, being occupied in the early 2010s by Ridgely's descendant, Delaware Supreme Court justice Henry du Pont Ridgely.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Justice Ridgely to reclaim ancestral Eden Hill mansion. Doug. Denison. Dover Post. August 31, 2010.
  2. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=73000487}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Eden Hill ]. Vincent Rogers . October 1972 . National Park Service. and