Saturday, August 13, 2016

LEWES DELAWARE
MARCH 3, 1937
STREETS RENAMED


MULBERRY STREET WILL BE NO LONGER BE KNOWN AS KNITTING STREET, PARK AVENUE WILL BECME SHIP CARPENTERS STREET . OLD KINGS HIGHWAY TAKES THE PLACE OF KING STREET. SAVANNAH ROAD , SO KNOWN ON ANCIENT GRANTS, WILL REPLACE STATE STREET. CANAL STREET IS NOW FRONT STREET AND WILL TURN INTO PILOTS TOWN ROAD ALONG THE WAY TO CANARY CREEK'

REINSTATEMENT OF THR STREET NAMES WAS APPORVED BY THE MAYOR AN COMMISSIOMERS UPON A PETITION OF THE LEWES ROTARY CLUB.

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