Mill House
414 NW Front St., Milford, DEThe Mill House is the only surviving unaltered example of an early brick, two-thirds Georgian plan, residence in Milford. In its construction details, it is a smaller version of the Parson Thorne Mansion, located across the street, and is already on the National Register of Historic Places. The Thorne Mansion served as an obvious guide to the Mill House with duplicated features, including window details such as heavy rusticated wooden keystones and interior woodwork.
It has a strong association with the Causey family, particularly Governor Peter F. Causey and his son, Peter F. Causey, Jr. They owned the house as an investment, not as a residence, but judging from the various atlases published during the nineteenth century, this was a very typical pattern of ownership with a small number of large landholders and numerous tenants - particularly near the various industrial complexes in town.
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
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