HISTORY OF CAPE HENLOPEN
AND BEYOND
DEWEY BEACH TOWN HALL
COPIES 1876 LIFE SAVING STATION
The Rehoboth Lifesaving
Station, actually was located at the ocean end of Dagsworthy
Street at Dewey Beach in 1876. A replica of the station has
been built with a donation from Mary C. Heisler in 1989 and is
to serve as the Dewey Beach Town Hall.
In 1981 Dewey Beach was
incorporated and the town officials searched for a larger
meeting place than the St.
Lois Street meeting place. Under consideration was the
actual Lifesaving Station
building sitting just out of Dewey on the Delaware Route 1 highway
was in poor shape and
needed restoration. The plan was to move the 1876 building back to
the former Dewey site and restore it, but the owners and the
town could not reach an agreement to buy it.
Dewey Beach commissioner
Alex Pires organized a fund and Sam Fader did research to build
the replica with the three front dormers, cupola and the large
doors. Pores said the construction was done much as it would have
been in the 1800's with clapboards and
black shutters. Many
artifacts from the original station have been donated.
Abstract: Wilmington
News Journal , Monday June 19 1989
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