Lewes Historic District in Sussex County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
The Burton-Ingram House
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Casa Burton-Ingram
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), October 29, 2026
1. The Burton-Ingram House / Casa Burton-Ingram Marker
The Burton-Ingram House
Identified by its rare cedar plank front and rear door shutters and weathered cypress shingles, the Burton-Ingram House is one of Lewes' finest examples of what became known as the Federal style in American architecture. It was built c. 1785 on the southeastern side of Lewes' commercial center on Second Street. With its raised and somewhat protected first story, the elegantly proportioned residence followed designs of townhouses then being built in New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. It remained virtually untouched for over a century until December 1920, when a fire destroyed its rear dining wing.
The land the house once sat on was granted to John Kipshaven in 1682. When he died, his daughter and son-in-law, Martha Kipshaven Jacobs and Albertus Jacobs, inherited the property. It passed through the Jacobs family until Sarah Jacobs Burton, Albertus Jacobs' great-granddaughter, sold the house in 1789 to John Craig, a local blacksmith. After a brief ownership, Craig sold the house in 1792 to Mary Paynter Blount who, two years later, married neighbor and revolutionary war hero Colonel
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The Ingram family owned the house until 1930, when Charles S. Horn acquired it. Horn sold the house to the Silco Company, who donated it to the LHS in 1962 and relocated it from Second Street to 110 Shipcarpenter Street. Three years later, the rear wing lost to the fire was replaced with a similar period addition from a late-18th century house in Milton.
Identificada por contraventanas poco comunes de tablones de cedro que se conservan en las puertas delantera y trasera y las tejas de ciprés desgastadas, la Casa Burton-Ingram es uno de los mejores ejemplos en Lewes de lo que se llegó a conocer como el estilo Federal en la arquitectura estadounidense. Construido inicialmente alrededor de 1785, en el lado sureste de la calle comercial Second Street de Lewes. Con su primer piso elevado y algo protegido, la residencia de elegantes proporciones siguió los diseños de las casas adosadas que entonces se construían en Nueva York, Filadelfia y Washington, D.C. Sobrevivió prácticamente
El terreno en el que alguna vez estuvo la casa fue otorgado a John Kipshaven en 1682. Cuando murió, la propiedad fue heredada por su hija Martha KipshavenJacobs y su yerno Albertus Jacobs. La propiedad se pasó entre la familia Jacobs hasa que Sarah Jacobs Burton, bisnieta de Albertus Jacobs, vendió la casa en 1789 a John Craig, un herrero local. Después de ser brevemente propietario, Craig vendió la casa a Mary Paynter Blount en 1792. Blound se casó con el vecino y héroe de guerra revolucionario, el coronel Henry Neill, dos años después de comprar la casa. La pareja vivió en la casa hasta fallecieron en 1803. Mary Neill dejó la propiedad a su familia. Sus herederos comparteiron la casa durante muchos años.
Finalmente, la casa pasó a ser propiedad de la familia Ingram, que la mantuvo hasa 1930. La Casa Burton-Ingram fue donada a la L.H.S. en 1962 por Silco Company, después de comprársela a Charles S. Horn. En el verano de ese año, la casa Burton-Ingram fue trasladada de su ubicación original en Second Street a la ubicación acutal en el 110 Shipcarpenter Street. En 1965, el ala que faltaba fue reemplazada con una adición de un período muy similar de otra casa de finales del signlo XVIII del cercano Milton, Delaware
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Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical month for this entry is December 1920.
Location. 38° 46.583′ N, 75° 8.579′ W. Marker is in Lewes, Delaware, in Sussex County. It is in the Lewes Historic District. It is on Shipcarpenter Street north of 3rd Street, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 323 W 3rd St, Lewes DE 19958, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is on Delaware’s Beaches. It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic, on the Delmarva Peninsula, and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Burton-Ingram House Addition (a few steps from this marker); Menhaden Fishing Industry (within shouting distance of this marker); Votes for Women (within shouting distance of this marker); The Wiltbank-Watts House/Hiram Rodney Burton House c. 1720 (within shouting distance of this marker); Hiram Rodney Burton House (within shouting distance of this marker); The Stockley-Street House / Casa Stockley (within shouting distance of this marker); 326 West Third Street (within shouting distance of this marker); The Plank House / Casa de Tablones (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lewes.
Other markers no longer nearby. Burton-Ingram House (was here, next to this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Milk House (was a few steps from this marker but has been permanently removed); Thompson Country Store (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
Credits. This page was last revised on October 30, 2026. It was originally submitted on October 30, 2026, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 4 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 30, 2026, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
