Ruth Mansion House
Delaware, United States
Exterior only
Visible from the street; the inside is private.
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The William Ruth Mansion House in Leipsic, Delaware, is a Georgian-style residence originally built for William Ruth, a merchant and trustee of Delaware's first free school. Ruth purchased the property in 1807 and constructed his "Mansion House" shortly thereafter, employing Owen Biddle's 1805 pattern book, *The Young Carpenter's Assistant*, for details such as the step end brackets of the main staircase. The original brick L-shaped section contains six of the house's nine fireplaces, including a large kitchen fireplace with its original crane. Subsequent expansions and renovations reflect its evolving use: a north section was added around 1841, a second-floor bay window during the Victorian period, and in the 1910s, new interior doors, a front porch, and a rear frame addition with French doors—features echoing designs from Sears catalogues of that era. An open porch behind the 1920s kitchen was enclosed in the 1950s. After Ruth's death in 1822, the property was divided between two heirs. The house was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on April 11, 1973.
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- Delaware, United States
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