LOCATION FILE
John Dickinson Plantation
FOLLOWDover, DE
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A plantation house, also known as Poplar Hall, built in 1739 by Judge Samuel Dickinson and the boyhood home of John Dickinson, a framer of the U.S. Constitution; the house survived a 1781 British raid and an 1804 fire and is now run as a museum by the Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs.
REPORTED ACTIVITY
Visitors and staff describe the sound of a quill scratching on parchment in the old study, footsteps and cold spots through the halls, and reported EVP recordings, attributed by some to John Dickinson and by others to his father Samuel, who is buried on the grounds.
VISITING
Open to the public as a state-run museum with guided tours.
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EXTERNAL RESOURCES
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