Poinsett House
Poinsett House is a historic home located at Kenton, Kent County, Delaware. The house was built in the mid-18th century as a tenant house. The original section is a two-story, two-bay, one-room plan brick structure measuring 20 feet by 18 feet.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Benjamin Blackiston House and Thomas Lamb House.
Benjamin Blackiston House
House
Benjamin Blackiston House, also known as Deer Park, is a historic home located near Kenton in Kent County, Delaware. It was built about 1760, and is a 1+1⁄2-story, three-bay, vernacular frame dwelling. Benjamin Blackiston House is situated 1 mile south of Poinsett House.
Thomas Lamb House
Historic building
Photo: Linda Roy Walls, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Thomas Lamb House, also known as "My Home," is a historic home located at Kenton, Kent County, Delaware. The house dates to about 1855, and is a two-story, three-bay, side hall plan frame dwelling in the Greek Revival style. Thomas Lamb House is situated 2½ miles northeast of Poinsett House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Blackiston and Downs Chapel.
Blackiston
Hamlet
Blackiston is an unincorporated community in Kent County, Delaware, United States. Blackiston is at the intersection of state routes 6 and 42, west of Clayton and northwest of Kenton. Blackiston is situated 2½ miles east of Poinsett House.
Downs Chapel
Hamlet
Downs Chapel is an unincorporated community in Kent County, Delaware, United States. Downs Chapel is located at the intersection of Delaware Route 300 and Downs Chapel Road, west of Kenton. Downs Chapel is situated 3½ miles south of Poinsett House.
Kenton
Village
Kenton is a town in Kent County, Delaware, United States. It is part of the Dover metropolitan statistical area. The population was 215 in 2020. Kenton is situated 5 miles southeast of Poinsett House.
Poinsett House
- Type: House
- Description: historic house in Delaware, United States
- Categories: building, historic site, historic building, and residential building
- Location: Kent County, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.26313° or 39° 15′ 47″ northLongitude
-75.74243° or 75° 44′ 33″ westOpen location code
87F67775+72OpenStreetMap ID
way 462891868OpenStreetMap feature
building=houseOpenStreetMap feature
historic=buildingWikidata ID
Q14685750
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In Other Languages
“Poinsett House” goes by many names.
- French: “Poinsett House”
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Highlights include Blackiston Cemetery and Blanco Church Cemetery.
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