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A. Eliason House

Also known as: N-413
Rt. 896, Mt. Pleasant, Delaware

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Note: The following information comes from the NRHP database and has not been verified.
Status
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on September 13, 1985
Reference number
85002110
NR name
Eliason, A., House
Architectural styles
Mid 19th Century Revival: Exotic Revival; Victorian; Federal
Areas of significance
Architecture; Agriculture
Level of significance
Local
Evaluation criteria
A - Event; C - Design/Construction
Property type
Building
Historic functions
Single dwelling; Agricultural outbuildings
Current functions
Single dwelling; Agricultural outbuildings
Period of significance
1850-1874
Significant year
ca. 1850
Number of properties
Contributing buildings: 4
Contributing structures: 1

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19th Century (37,859)
Brick (42,462)
Built during 1850s (4,704)
Delaware (641)
Exotic Revival (7,381)
Federal (4,600)
House (27,659)
 Mid 19th Century Revival (7,958)
Mt. Pleasant, Delaware (3)
New Castle County, Delaware (378)
Private owner (54,398)
Rebuilding St. Georges Hundred 1850--1880 TR (27)
Victorian (19,698)

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A. Eliason House
Posted July 28, 2012, by Robert Cooper Moor, Jr. (bobmoor [at] gmail [dot] com)

This house was the home of Benjamin Husbands Moor, Jr. (1878-1968) and his wife, Emma Cooper Moor (1880-1960); both, 10th generation Delawareans. Ben & Emma lived here from 1939, with their three children and five grandchildren. Their youngest son, Robert Cooper Moor, Sr. (1923-1983) went on to be a three term Mayor of the nearest municipality, Middletown, Delaware, (1960-1968).

ROBERT COOPER MOOR, JR.