page_title: Read House and Garden
hierarchical_section_title: Read House and Garden
caption_attribution_description: English: SON OF THE SIGNER OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND CONSTITUTION. THIS HOUSE IS A RECONSTRUCTION OF THE ORIGINAL WHICH BURNT DOWN.
context_page_description: The Read House and Garden is a historic house museum at 42 The Strand in New Castle, Delaware. The house, built in 1793 for George Read, Jr., was the largest and most sophisticated residence in the state at the time, and is a significant early example of high-style Federal period architecture. The adjacent formal gardens were laid out in the late 1840s by William Couper, the house's third owner. The property was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2016, and is part of the landmark New Castle Historic District. The house is now owned and operated by the Delaware Historical Society as a museum.
context_section_description: The Read House and Garden is a historic house museum at 42 The Strand in New Castle, Delaware.  The house, built in 1793 for George Read, Jr., was the largest and most sophisticated residence in the state at the time, and is a significant early example of high-style Federal period architecture.  The adjacent formal gardens were laid out in the late 1840s by William Couper, the house's third owner.  The property was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2016, and is  part of the landmark New Castle Historic District.  The house is now owned and operated by the Delaware Historical Society as a museum.
caption: 1970 photo
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