John Dickinson's Plantation
340 Kitts Hummock Rd, Dover, DE 19901, USA
Delaware, USA
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EST. 1740
EST. 1740
1752
Dickinson, John
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at John Dickinson's Plantation.
John Dickinson’s reconstructed and restored plantation complex operates as a Delaware state museum within First State National Historical Park. The site includes the original Poplar Hall mansion, reconstructed outbuildings, farm fields, archaeological resources, furnished interiors, and exhibits interpreting the property’s free and enslaved residents.
About John Dickinson's Plantation
The main house is an Early Georgian mansion and was built on a 13,000-acre plantation in 1739–40 by Judge Samuel Dickinson, the father of John Dickinson. Wings were added in 1752 and 1754.
HISTORY HAPPENED HERE at John Dickinson's Plantation
The house faced a nearby bend of the St. Jones River which is no longer there as the river has been straightened. The original house suffered major damage during a British raid in August 1781 and was nearly destroyed in a fire in 1804. John Dickinson lived there for extended periods only in 1776–77 and 1781–82, although he kept up a keen interest in the property and often visited.
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