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

The Gray Box Chateau

24 North Main Street

 
 
The Gray Box Chateau Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Nate Davidson, December 30, 2010
1. The Gray Box Chateau Marker
Inscription.
The Gray Box Chateau
24 North Main Street

has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places

by the United States
Department of the Interior
1764

 
Erected 1980 by National Register of Historic Places.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings. A significant historical year for this entry is 1764.
 
Location. 39° 18.067′ N, 75° 36.4′ W. Marker is in Smyrna, Delaware, in Kent County. Marker can be reached from N. Main Street close to W. Commerce Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Smyrna DE 19977, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. The Delaware House (within shouting distance of this marker); Site of Green Pottery (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Barracks (about 300 feet away); The John Cummins Mansion (about 400 feet away); Home of Allen McLane (about 600 feet away); Smyrna Opera House and Old Town Hall (about 700 feet away); In Memory of Victor D. Ennis (about 800 feet away); Citizens' Hose Company No. 1. Inc. (about 800 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Smyrna.
 
Also see . . .  Historic Homes tour. Town of Smyrna website entry (Submitted on May 31, 2021, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)
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The Gray Box Chateau image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Nate Davidson, December 30, 2010
2. The Gray Box Chateau
The Gray Box Chateau image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Nate Davidson, December 30, 2010
3. The Gray Box Chateau
Sign reads: Built about 1790. Delaware for its fine boxwood gardens. They were designed and planted by a Philadelphia gardener in 1856.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 12, 2011, by Nathan Davidson of Salisbury, Maryland. This page has been viewed 994 times since then and 37 times this year. Last updated on May 31, 2021, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on January 12, 2011, by Nathan Davidson of Salisbury, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.

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