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In 1706 John Allee, of a Huguenot family, bought the 600-acre tract called Woodstock Bower, of which this land is a part. One of his sons, Abraham, was prominent in Kent County affairs until his death in 1776, serving as a member of the General Assembly in 1726, Justice of the Peace in 1738, and Chief Ranger of Kent County in 1749. The house was built about 1753, probably by Abraham. In 1963 the U.S. Government leased the house to the State of Delaware for preservation as a fine example of early Delaware Plantation Architecture.
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