Description: Colonel Davis Mansion Now Known as Bayard's Delamore to be
Sold and Reconstructed
Date: July 24 1905
Newspaper published in: Baltimore
Source: newspapers collection
Wilmington, Delaware July 24 1905:
Delamore Place, home of the
late Thomas F. Bayard, once known as The Colonel Davis Mansion and
Delaware Place, is to be sold at settlement of the estate of the
statesman Bayard. It has been known that alterations will be made that
will replace the colonial architecture which very few remain here. For
the past three generations Delamore has been associated with important
statesmen and political events of Delaware history.
This home was
built between 1813 and 1820 and purchased by Colonel Samuel Boyer Davis
in 1821. Col Davis, born in Lewes and defended that village during the
1812 War.