Belmont Hall (Smyrna, Delaware)
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Belmont Hall | |
 Belmont Hall, March 2010 | |
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| Location | 217 Smyrna-Leipsic Road, Smyrna, Delaware |
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| Coordinates | 39°17′40″N 75°35′45″W / 39.294501°N 75.595902°W |
| Area | 4 acres (1.6 ha) |
| Architectural style | Georgian |
| NRHP reference No. | 71000223[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 16, 1971 |
Belmont Hall is a Georgian house located in Smyrna, Delaware, built about 1773 by Thomas Collins, who would become the eighth governor of Delaware. The front façade faces US 13.
The brick house front is five bays wide and three stories tall, surmounted by a flattened gable. The crown of the gable is flattened to form a widow's walk, accessed by a projecting stair tower to the rear of the walk. The house is wide but shallow, one room deep with two rear wings projecting to the north, which were built before the front. The front portion is 46 feet (14 m) wide by 21.25 feet (6.48 m) deep.[2]
The interior plan is oriented around a central hall, flanked by parlors on either side. A stair rises from the hall, and is flanked by bedrooms on the second and third floors. Extensive interior woodwork is located primarily in the entrance hall and the west parlor.[2] The interior was renovated during the Victorian era, but was restored in the 1920s.[3]
