Grandeur on the Appoquinimink

The House of William Corbit at Odessa, Delaware

• Author(s): John A. H. Sweeney,
• Publisher: University of Delaware Press
• Pages: 146
• ISBN_10: 0874133890
  ISBN_13: 9780874133899
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Art / General , Art / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945) , Design / Decorative Arts , History / United States / State & Local / General , History / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA) , History / Social History ,

Description:... This book documents the building of colonial Delaware's finest Georgian mansion by Quaker tanner William Corbit. The size and quality of this house, located in what now seems to be a minor town, is indicative of the wealth and aspirations of those who lived adjacent to Appoquinimink Creek, a tributary of the Delaware River, which served as a grain depot for middle and southern Delaware. Author John A. H. Sweeney locates the man, his house, and his architect in the context of their world.