Somerville is a historic home located near Kenton,

Kent County, Delaware Kent County is a County (United States), county located in the central part of the U.S. state of Delaware. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 181,851, making it the least populous county in Delaware. The county ...

. It is a two-story, five-bay, brick structure with a Victorian cross-gable roof and

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. The rear wing was the original dwelling, built about 1798. This section was expanded about 1806. Also on the property is a contributing brick barn. It was the home of Delaware statesman Nicholas Ridgely. and It was listed on the

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in 1974.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware Houses completed in 1798 Houses in Kent County, Delaware Kenton, Delaware National Register of Historic Places in Kent County, Delaware {{Delaware-NRHP-stub