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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