LEWES,
DELAWARE
IT'S
HISTORY, HISTORICAL SITES & BUILDINGS
A
1969 ARTICLE BY W. EMERSON WILSON
This
is an 62 page article of history maps and appendix regards
Lewes and it's historical preservation for the people who are
interested in such matters and was
offered
in the Tuesday, July 29, 1969 Wilmington News Journal by
W.
Emerson Wilson.
W.
Emerson Wilson, according to the “Historical Marker Datebase”
lived
1906 to 1982, was a historian, and had the 'to do' of having
Pea
Patch
Island returned to the State of Delaware's Fort Delaware Society in
1956.
The newspaper report was prepared by William J. Cohen, for the
Lewes
Planning Commission. Cohen was with the Delaware Planning
Office.
The report is to identify historic buildings and sites. It also
gives a
history
of Lewes.
Covering
a six block area from Market Street to one block west of
Shipcarpenter
Street, and, from Front Street to 4th Street, to be a
historic
district
and zoned as such. It's purpose is to protect the homes of an
age
long
gone by. Also to be protected is the site of the Dutch Fort
at Zwaanendael on Pilot Town Road. Sixteen homes from the 1685
Ryes
Holt
house to the 1764 home of Dr. Marvil, the architectural significance
are
icluded. The War of 1812, the five state governors, river pilots,
the
churches, deVries Zwaanendael museum, David Hall DAR, are covered.
The
report is entitled “ The History, Historical Sites and Buildings
of
Lewes”,
William J. Cohen, assisted by Dr. James Marvil, Helene Carter
Potter,
George Fletcher Bennett, architect.
Abstract:
July 29, 1969 , Wilmington New Journal. February 14,
2019
by Harrison H. for www.delmarhistory.blogspot.com
and
Facebooks
page “Lewes to Ocean city Memories” .
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