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Thomas Lamb Farm, also known as "Brick House Farm", is a historic home located at 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 ...
. The house dates to the second quarter of the 18th-century, and is a two-story, three-bay, single pile brick dwelling. It has a hall-and-parlor plan. Attached is a -story, three-bay brick kitchen wing with a porch. and


History

Between 1830 and 1850, Thomas Lamb purchased the land and house from the Chiffen family. Lamb died in 1872 and left the 700 acres to his widow and children.
It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
in 1983.


References

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