David Carlton Pepper Farm is a historic home and farm located near Georgetown,

Sussex County, Delaware Sussex County is a county in the southern part of the U.S. state of Delaware, on the Delmarva Peninsula. As of the 2020 census, the population was 237,378, making it the state's second most populated county behind New Castle and ahead of Ke ...

. It is dated to the mid-19th century, and is a two-story, six-bay, single-pile frame-and-shingle farmhouse with a -story side wing. It has a one-story wing attached to the rear of the -story side wing. A one-story kitchen wing was added to the -story side wing about 1935. The oldest section of the house is the -story side wing and dates to about 1820 and is in the late- Federal style, with the main house added in the 1840s. The newer section features

Greek Revival Greek Revival architecture is a architectural style, style that began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe, the United States, and Canada, ...

style interior details. Also on the property are notable mid-19th century outbuildings including a

milk house Milk is a white liquid food produced by the mammary glands of lactating mammals. It is the primary source of nutrition for young mammals (including breastfeeding, breastfed human infants) before they are able to digestion, digest solid food. ...

, privy, and

smoke house A smokehouse (North American) or smokery (British) is a building where meat or fish is cured with smoke. The finished product might be stored in the building, sometimes for a year or more.

; a barn, a frame

granary A granary, also known as a grain house and historically as a granarium in Latin, is a post-harvest storage building primarily for grains or seeds. Granaries are typically built above the ground to prevent spoilage and protect the stored grains o ...

, a log

corn crib A corn crib or corncrib is a type of granary used to dry and store corn. It may also be known as a cornhouse or corn house. Overview After the harvest and while still on the cob, corn is placed in the crib either with or without the husk. The ...

, and an extremely early Sussex County poultry house (1916). and ' The site was added to the

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in 1979.

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Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware Federal architecture in Delaware Greek Revival houses in Delaware Houses in Georgetown, Delaware National Register of Historic Places in Sussex County, Delaware {{Delaware-NRHP-stub