I live in Sussex County, DE. It is a small town near the East Coast beaches. I ride bike for exercise every day.
I pass my neighbors’ houses to take pictures of their gardens and flowers so I can paint.
Today, I went to the to the area which I normally don’t go so I can find new flowers to take pictures.
A whimsical chair.
His cottage is 16 x 20 .
It has a full loft but today was hot, so I didn’t ask to see up there.
This is the history of this tiny cottage in Milton.
Governor David Hazzard’s Law office.
Long identified as the law office of The Hon. David Hazzard, this one story, one room building was built before the Civil War, probably in 1840’s. It belonged to Governor David Hazzard and was used as his law office. He was a prominent Milton, resident who was involved in starting schools in the town.
The office is framed with both hand hewn and sawed white oak lumber. The roof and three-sides were covered with 30 inch (wide? Square? Can you tell from the photos?) cypress shingles. Wide cypress boards covered the building’s front.
David Hazzard was born in 1781 and began law practice here in the early part of the 19 th century. In 1829, he was elected Governor of Delaware and later served as a judge. He is buried with his wife in the Milton Methodist Cemetery.
The building was originally located across Federal street on Hazzard lane, the building may have been used as a store after Hazzard ‘s death in 1864. By the end of the 19 th century, neglect had taken over.
Charles Fisher bought the structure in 1920 and moved it to its current location on Marshall street where it was used as warehouse/storeroom for the Fisher family most of the 20th century. Restoration began in the late Spring of 2010 and was completed during the Summer of 2012.
The thirty-inch cedar shingles are from British Columbia and the 1-3/8 inch thick vertical boards in the front were made from cedar utility poles that ran along the Lewes-Georgetown Road (Route 9). The front door and all shutters are original. The large marble stone outside the law office with the name Hazzard on it was a “carriage step” for people as the arrived .