Bombardment of Lewes
Sponsors: Historic Markers Commission, SC-035 1933 The State of Delaware Historical Markers Program, 2023 SC-167: Original 1933 Text for SC-035: Lewes was bombarded by British March 13, 1813, when Col. Samuel B. Davis,Commander of American troops, refused a demand upon the people for fresh provisions. For many years Lewes was a part of call for […]
Zwaanendael Club
SC-161: This building was constructed in 1898 by the Sussex Trust Title and Safe Deposit Company. It was opened in October of that year, and continued to serve as the Lewes branch of the bank until being replaced by a new structure on Second Street in 1911. The property was subsequently sold, and for a […]
Lewes Presbyterian Church
The origin of this church can be traced to the earliest days of Presbyterianism in America. A congregation was established here in 1692 under the leadership of the Reverend Samuel Davis. The steady flow of immigrants from Scotland and Ireland contributed to its growth. In 1707, the congregation obtained a portion of the present church […]
Maull House
This house is believed to have been built by Samuel Paynter, a carpenter who purchased this property in 1737. Following its completion, the house and surrounding land were sold in 1741 to Luke Shields, a prominent bay and river pilot. The close proximity of the bay and safe harbor of nearby Lewes Creek made this […]
Lewes
SC-34: Originally installed in 1932. On North side of town was Zwaanendael, first Dutch settlement on Delaware soil. Founded 1631 on the creek, named by settlers Hoorn Kil in honor of the town of Hoorn in Holland. The colony was destroyed by Indians the same year. DeVries, a director of the company which had sent […]
Lewes
SC-32: The Dutch in 1673 established a court at Hoorn Kil for the inhabitants “on the east and west sides of Cape Henlopen unto Bomties (Bombay) Hook.” Governor Andros of New York in 1676 established an English court at Whorekill, the jurisdiction of which was reduced in 1681 by the creation of Kent County. County […]
Lewes
RG# 7140 Settled in 1631 by the Dutch, Lewes was the site of Delaware’s first European settlement. In 1681, the land that would become Delaware was part of a land grant by the King of England to the Penn Family. Upon William Penn’s arrival here, he would re-name the southernmost county of what would […]
Lewes Tercentenary Commission / Lewes Memorial Commission
Delaware Public Archives
The War of 1812 Comes to Lewes
On Saturday, January 7, 10:30 a.m., Mike DiPaolo, Executive Director of the Lewes Historical Society, will be presenting a program at the Delaware Public Archives entitled “The War of 1812 Comes to Lewes.” With the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812 taking place in 2012, this program will address the 1813 attack on Lewes […]
OUCH! Dang Mosquito!!!
I saw in the newspaper the other day that they are predicting that the mosquitos are going to be really bad this year because of all the water still laying around. Did you know that we have records of the Civilian Conservation Corps and Mosquito Control? We have scrapbooks, diaries, ditch drawings, and photographs. Subjects […]
