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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.
Also in 1999, the Delaware River and Bay Lighthouse Foundation began working for its restoration. In 2001 the Coast Guard repaired the docking platform and ladders to improve safety of access to the building. In April 2002, the Delaware River and Bay Lighthouse Foundation, a non-profit, volunteer organization, signed a lease to manage the ...
The Cape May–Lewes Ferry is a ferry system in the United States that traverses a 17-mile (27 km) crossing of the Delaware Bay connecting North Cape May, New Jersey with Lewes, Delaware. The ferry constitutes a portion of U.S. Route 9 [ 1 ] and is the final crossing of the Delaware River -Delaware Bay waterway before it meets the Atlantic Ocean .
The Lewes terminal of the Cape May–Lewes Ferry. Delaware Route 1 (DE 1) passes just outside city limits at Five Points where DE 1, U.S. Route 9 (US 9), DE 404, DE 23 and DE 1D (Plantation Road) intersect. There are three main arterial roads that connect Lewes to DE 1: New Road, Savannah Road (US 9 Business) and King's
Fort Miles was a United States Army World War II installation located on Cape Henlopen near Lewes, Delaware. Although funds to build the fort were approved in 1934, it was 1938 before construction began on the fort.
Shipcarpenter Square is located between 3rd Street and 4th Street in one direction and between Park Ave and Burton Avenue in the other direction, and lies entirely within the town of Lewes, Delaware. [2] The private homes that have been relocated to Shipcarpenter Square date from 1730 to 1880, and are Colonial in design as well as Victorian. [3]
The Lewes Transit Center is located southwest of the city of Lewes in Sussex County, Delaware.The transit center is located along the south side of U.S. Route 9/Delaware Route 1 (Coastal Highway) a short distance east of the Five Points intersection, with access from the southbound lanes.
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.