The John Dickinson House, generally known as Poplar Hall, is a National Historic Landmark on the John Dickinson Plantation in Kent County, Delaware, 5 miles south of Dover. It was the boyhood home and sometime residence of Founding Father John Dickinson. The property is owned by the State of Delaware and run as a museum by the Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs. It became part of the First State National Historical Park in 2013.
SITE FEATURES
Gardens, Surviving Structures
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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.
HOME
EST. 1740
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.
HISTORIC PEOPLE
John Dickinson
Governor DE
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Historic PEOPLE
Historic ROUTES
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