Jacob Broom House
Jacob Broom House | |
1975 HABS photo | |
| Location | Christchurch Rd., near Hagley Museum and Library, Montchanin, Delaware |
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| Coordinates | 39°46′49″N 75°34′42″W / 39.78028°N 75.57833°W |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Built | 1795 |
| Architect | Jacob Broom |
| Architectural style | Late Georgian |
| NRHP reference No. | 74000602 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | December 2, 1974 |
| Designated NHL | December 2, 1974 |
The Jacob Broom House, also known historically as Hagley, is a historic house on Christchurch Road near Montchanin, Delaware. It was built in 1795 by Founding Father Jacob Broom, one of the Delaware signers of the United States Constitution. The house was purchased in 1802 by Éleuthère Irénée du Pont, progenitor of the prominent Du Pont family and founder of the DuPont chemical concern, who established the Eleutherian Mills below the house on the banks of Brandywine Creek. The house, which remains in the hands of Du Pont descendants, was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1974 for its association with Broom.