Carolyn Roland- In Delaware and S. Chester County PA
Carolyn Roland, GRI, CRS
Wilmington,
DE
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Independent architectural histor'n
Address: Patterson-Schwartz Real Estate, 7234 Lancaster Pike, Hockessin, DE, 19707
Office: (302) 239-3000
Mobile: (302) 593-5111
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I visited Dover this last Saturday for First Saturdays in the First State, I had a chance to re-visit Woodburn, which was open to the public. This home, built c. 1798 by Charles Hillyard III, is one of the finest Middle Period Georgian historic houses in Delaware. Woodburn has served as the official residence of the Governor of Delaware since it was purchased by the state in 1965. Today, historians credit Woodburn's historical importance as much to the home's architecture as to its previous notable residents. Gentlemen farmers, landowners, an abolitionist, two U.S. Senators, two doctors, a dentist, a judge and … (2 comments)
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