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After coming to "Port Lewes" in 1721, Ryves Holt, the first Chief Justice of Sussex County, purchased the house. The Lewes Historical Society currently owns and operates the building. [2] On December 30, 2014, the Ryves Holt House was added to the First State National Historical Park. [3] Ryves Holt House
Lewes Historic District is a national historic district located at Lewes, Sussex County, Delaware.The district includes 122 contributing buildings and 6 contributing sites encompassing most of the 17th-century town of Lewes, together with part of Pilot Town.
The Lewes terminal of the Cape May–Lewes Ferry. Delaware Route 1 (DE 1) passes just outside city limits at Five Points where DE 1, U.S. Route 9 (US 9), DE 404, DE 23 and DE 1D (Plantation Road) intersect. There are three main arterial roads that connect Lewes to DE 1: New Road, Savannah Road (US 9 Business) and King's
Map of the United States with Delaware highlighted. Delaware is a state located in the Southern United States.According to the 2016 United States Census estimate, Delaware is the 6th least populous state with 989,948 inhabitants but the 2nd smallest by land area spanning 1,948.54 square miles (5,046.7 km 2) of land. [1]
The first European settlement in the state of Delaware was founded by the Dutch in 1631 near the present-day town of Lewes on the Atlantic Coast. However, Sussex County was not organized until 1683 under English colonial rule. Sussex County is included in the Salisbury, MD-DE metropolitan statistical area which encompasses much of central Delmarva.
Shipcarpenter Square is an historic residential neighborhood located in Lewes, Delaware.The neighborhood has well-preserved Colonial and Victorian-era houses, said to provide a bucolic setting and charm to the seaside community while preserving the architectural heritage of the region.
It is the oldest Lewes building in its original location and with the least alterations. Adjacent to the house is a section of the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal where a dock for the pilots' boats would have been. In 1803, Jérôme Bonaparte and his bride, Betsy Patterson, were shipwrecked off Lewes and entertained at the Maull House.
The Grand Opera House, also known as The Grand or Masonic Hall and Grand Theater, is a 1,208-seat theater for the performing arts in Wilmington, Delaware, United States.. The four-story building was built in 1871 by the Delaware Grand Lodge of Masons to serve as a Masonic Temple and auditor