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Lewes Historic District. / 38.77472°N 75.14278°W / 38.77472; -75.14278. 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.
Building at 200–202A High Street: Building at 200–202A High Street: February 18, 1987 200–202A High St. ... Delaware Breakwater and Lewes Harbor: December 12, 1976
Lewes was the site of the first European settlement in Delaware, a whaling and trading post that Dutch settlers founded on June 3, 1631, and named Zwaanendael (Swan Valley). [7] The colony had a short existence, as a local tribe of Lenape Indians killed all 32 settlers in 1632. The area remained rather neglected by the Dutch until, under the ...
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.
Shipcarpenter Square is an historic residential neighborhood located in Lewes, Delaware. The neighborhood has well-preserved Colonial and Victorian-era houses, said to provide a bucolic setting and charm to the seaside community while preserving the architectural heritage of the region. A distinctive feature of the neighborhood is that all of ...
Website. www.sussexcountyde.gov. Sussex County is a county in the southern part of the U.S. state of Delaware, on the Delmarva Peninsula. As of the 2020 census, the population was 237,378, making it the state's second most populated county only behind New Castle and ahead of Kent. [1] The county seat is Georgetown.
Building Image Location First Built Use Notes Block House: Claymont, Delaware: 1654 Defense Possibly the oldest building in Delaware, however, some date the building to ca. 1723 Ryves Holt House: Lewes, Delaware: 1665 Residence Likely the oldest house in Delaware Town Point: Dover, Delaware: 1677 Residence Lombardy Hall: Wilmington, Delaware ...
Ryves Holt House. 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. It was run for a time as an ordinary by Philip Russell, who ...