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Smyrna Times
Smyrna, Kent County, Delaware
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Invitation to Duck Creek Historical Society to visit Aspendale, Donald Van Lear Downs' historic Quaker-plan house built 1771-73 in Delaware, continuously family-owned with original features. Event on Oct. 28, 3-5 p.m., $1 donation, tea served.
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An invitation has been extended to members of the Duck Creek Historical Society and their guests to "Aspendale" the home of Donald Van Lear Downs on Sunday, Oct. 28 from 3 to 5 p.m.
Aspendale, a Quaker-plan house built 1771-73, has been continuously owned and lived in by successive generations of the original builder's family.
Aspendale affords almost the only instance in Delaware of Penn's Quaker plan. There is handsome interior paneling and other woodwork throughout the house, including the upstairs rooms.
Close to the house is the old 'brick hold' (now a small pond) whence came the clay to make the bricks to build the house. The various dependencies and farm buildings, even the old lanes are divisions between the fields, have never been changed.
There will be a donation of one dollar received at the door, and tea will be served.
Aspendale is located on Route 300, about three miles northwest of Kenton. Ladies are requested not to wear spike heels.
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Aspendale, On Route 300, About Three Miles Northwest Of Kenton, Delaware
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Sunday, Oct. 28, 1771 73 (House Built)
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Invitation extended to Duck Creek Historical Society members and guests to visit Aspendale, a Quaker-plan house built 1771-73 and continuously owned by the builder's family, featuring original paneling, woodwork, brick hold pond, and unchanged farm structures. Event from 3 to 5 p.m. with $1 donation and tea served. Ladies requested not to wear spike heels.