Milton ยท Lewes & the Beaches: Milton
Mansion Farm Inn
The David Robbins Homestead, a farmhouse of about 1850 on the National Register; book the Robbins, Holly or Milton room in the main house.
- Built
- c. 1850Main house built c. 1850 per the NRHP nomination, with a Victorian-style addition of 1889-1909; the inn, citing the state historical marker, says David Robbins Jr. built it in 1860 to replace his father's 1810 house. Inn since 2017.
- Style
- Vernacular frame farmhouse with Victorian addition
- Type
- B&B
- Rooms
- 5
- Area
- Lewes & the Beaches: Milton
- Credentials
- Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The story
David Robbins Sr., a Methodist lay preacher and acting judge, built a modest house on this Broadkill farm in 1810; the present two-story frame farmhouse dates to about 1850, with a Victorian-style addition built between 1889 and 1909. Charles G. Jones bought the farm in 1925 and ran his holly-wreath business from it, becoming known as the ‘Holly Wreath Man’ of Delaware’s holly industry. The house was listed on the National Register as the David Robbins Homestead in 2013, and Will McQueen and David Stiber opened it as a bed-and-breakfast in 2017 after a remodel.
Good to know
- Breakfast: included
- Pets welcome
- Address: 26285 Broadkill Road, Milton, DE 19968
Sources (3)
Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.