Buena Vista | |
Location | 661 South DuPont Highway, New Castle, Delaware |
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Coordinates | 39°38′02″N 75°38′22″W / 39.633752°N 75.639539°W |
Area | 52 acres (21 ha) |
Built | 1845 | -1847
Architect | Okie, R. Brognard |
Architectural style | Greek Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 71000228 [1] |
Added to NRHP | April 16, 1971 |
Buena Vista is a historic home located at New Castle, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built between 1845 and 1847, and is a two-story, five-bay, brick dwelling in the Greek Revival style. It has a service wing and a long wing designed by architect R. Brognard Okie containing a long hall and library. It features a full width verandah supported by Doric order columns. It was the home of U.S. Senator and Secretary of State John M. Clayton (1796-1856) and U.S. Senator and Delaware Governor C. Douglass Buck (1890-1965), who donated it to the State of Delaware. [2] [3] It is operated as the Buena Vista Conference Center by the State of Delaware.
The estate originally was named in commemoration of the Battle of Buena Vista in the Mexican–American War. [4] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. [1]