Woodside
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Location | 1358 Choptank Road, Mt. Pleasant, Delaware |
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Coordinates | 39°30′23″N 75°45′01″W / 39.506385°N 75.750375°WCoordinates: 39°30′23″N 75°45′01″W / 39.506385°N 75.750375°W |
Area | 4 acres (1.6 ha) |
Built | c. 1860 |
Architectural style | Greek Revival, Italianate, Federal |
MPS | Rebuilding St. Georges Hundred 1850-1880 TR |
NRHP reference # | 85002119 |
Added to NRHP | September 13, 1985 |
Woodside is a historic home located at Mt. Pleasant, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built about 1860, and is a two- to three-story, five-bay, "L"-shaped brick dwelling with a center passage plan with a full width front porch. It features hipped roof with widely overhanging eaves and elaborate brackets in the Italianate style. Also on the property are a contributing stable, granary, cattle/dairy barn, equipment shed and water tower. It was built by Henry Clayton, whose great-grandfather was Governor Joshua Clayton, president and governor of Delaware.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.