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Lewes Historic District is a national historic district located at Lewes, Sussex County, Delaware.The district includes 122 contributing buildings and 6 contributing sites encompassing most of the 17th-century town of Lewes, together with part of Pilot Town.
9 miles southwest of Lewes on Delaware Route 5 38°41′08″N 75°13′09″W / 38.685556°N 75.219167°W / 38.685556; -75.219167 ( St. George's Chapel Lewes
The Lewes Coast Guard Station now functions as the Delaware River pilot's station. The station is a 2.5-story balloon-framed building, built in 1938 in Colonial Revival style. The principal facade faces the harbor with an enclosed porch supported by paired Tuscan columns. Shingle siding covers the station.
Zwaanendael or Swaanendael / ˈ z w ɑː n ən d ɛ l / was a short-lived Dutch colonial settlement in Delaware. It was built in 1631. The name is archaic Dutch for "swan valley." The site of the settlement later became the town of Lewes, Delaware.
The Swan Inn, 2015. The Swan Inn is a Grade II listed former public house on the High Street (dating back to the 16th century [1] in Ruislip, Middlesex. It then became a branch of the Café Rouge restaurant chain but this closed at the end of 2022. It has recently been bought by a new deveoper and something new should open there by the end of 2023.
Ryves Holt House (1680) is purportedly the oldest surviving house in the U.S. state of Delaware. It is located at 218 Second Street in Lewes, Delaware . The building, which has been dated to 1680 using dendrochronology , served as one of the earliest inns in the region.
The museum's exhibits represent the history of Sussex County by revealing the history of those who lived in Delaware's southeastern coast. Exhibits include local history, shipwrecks and lighthouses, Cape Henlopen Lighthouse , the bombardment of Lewes by the British in the War of 1812 , pilots of the Delaware River and Bay, and the ever-changing ...
Wolfe's Neck Site is an archaeological site located near Lewes, Sussex County, Delaware.The early occupation of the site was apparently a small seasonal camp. The later occupation may have been a more permanent village.