Duck Creek Hundred in Smyrna in Kent County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Thornley House

128 West Commerce Street

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), May 31, 2021

1. Thornley House Marker

Inscription. Thornley
House
circa 1920
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings. In addition, it is included in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1920.

Location. 39° 17.933′ N, 75° 36.544′ W. Marker is in Smyrna, Delaware, in Kent County. It is in Duck Creek Hundred. It is on West Commerce Street just west of Benson Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 128 W Commerce St, Smyrna DE 19977, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American Mid-Atlantic,

on the Delmarva Peninsula,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least

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8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Presbyterian Church of Smyrna (within shouting distance of this marker); St. Peter's Episcopal Church (within shouting distance of this marker); Citizens' Hose Company No. 1. Inc. (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); In Memory of Victor D. Ennis (about 300 feet away); Home of Allen McLane (about 700 feet away); School District No. 5 (about 700 feet away); Site of Old Asbury Methodist Church (about 700 feet away); The Barracks (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Smyrna.

Also see . . . Smyrna Historic District - National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form.

128 W. Commerce Street - c. 1920; Colonial Revival, 2-story with attic, 3-bay, center-hall, double-pile, Flemish bond brick structure; two large interior brick end chimneys; gable roof; three arched dormer windows on facade with partial return pediments; box cornice on facade; center projecting pavillion with implied partial returns over second-floor Palladian window; other windows, nine-over-one sash; windows and doors have marble sills; double front door
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), May 31, 2021

2. Thornley House
with sidelights on raised porch; shed-roof, open-facade porch with paired columns.

(Submitted on April 24, 2025, by Pete Skillman of Townsend, Delaware.)

Credits. This page was last revised on May 15, 2026. It was originally submitted on June 2, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 403 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 2, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.