Friday, September 1, 2017

ZWANNENDAEL HOUSE OF LEWES 1932.

ZWAANENDAEL HOUSE
1932


The Zwaanendael House in Lewes at the Kings Highway and Savannah Road split' , a model
of the town hall of Hoorn in Holland, was built by the A. L. Lauritsen, Company of New Castle County.

A Wilmington architect , E. William Martin, had made a trip to Hoorn to obtain measurements.

The Lauritsen Company's president, A. L. Lauritsen , had been born in Lewes in 1896 or so,
to a  Norwegin father and mother, Ludvig Lauritsen and Marie. Ludvig was a cook on one of the
early on pilot boats and he and his wife were heads of a house, living with Captain John Johanson, a Pilot Boat Captain, and a lighthouse keeper, Alfred Johanson.

Allen had a younger sister, Marguerite, He was married to Rae Dickerson and I believe
they had a daughter. Allen had graduated from Lewes High School and the University of Delaware.

In July 1933 the Zwannendael House had 585 visiter's that month.     Miss Anne Nichols of
Lewes, was the curator.



Abstract: Saturday, May 7, 1932, Wilmington New Journal. Hasrrison H. September 1, 2017

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