Lamb, Thomas, House
a.k.a. My Home
DE 129 and DE 130, Kenton, DEThe Thomas Lamb House, "My Home," is an example of the rebuilding that took place in the middle of the nineteenth century in Kenton Hundred. This rebuilding did not in all cases involve new construction, but at the very least caused the remodeling of many structures. Thomas Lamb's mansion house is the result of new construction and the replacement of no longer acceptable dwellings with a structure that the owners felt was more in keeping with their status. In this particular case, Lamb obliterated all traces of the original farm complex and replaced it with buildings of his own creation. His use of the title for his main farm, "My Home," conveys the pride that he obviously took in his new dwelling. The house and farm buildings sit back from the road with the house masking, to some extent, the outbuildings.
Local significance of the building:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
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