Lewes Historic District in Sussex County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Dodds Corner

Photographed by Mike Stroud, October 15, 2010

1. Dodds Corner Marker

Inscription.
Serving Lewes with a general store and its harbor as ship chandlers, the Dodd family occupied this site from the latter part of the 18th Century until it was acquired in 1929 by Benjamin Ableman of Georgetown from one Joseph Frank Dodd, the last remaining member of the family.

Benjamin's sons, Percival J. and S. Bernard Ableman, restored the building in 1985, carefully preserving the original architecture. At the end of the 19th Century a member of the Dodd family practiced medicine here, and a section of concrete walk inscribed "Dr. Dodd" remains at the old Northeast corner entrance.

Upon completion of the restoration, the Ablemans renamed the property "Dodds Corner," the description that appears in the early deeds.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Waterways & Vessels. A significant historical year for this entry is 1929.

Location. 38° 46.532′ N, 75° 8.394′ W. Marker is in Lewes, Delaware, in Sussex County. It is in the Lewes Historic District. It is on 2nd street, on the right when traveling north. Located between Banks Street and Market Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: 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

and on the Delmarva Peninsula.

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: The New Devon Inn (a few steps from this marker);

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Last Lewes Pilot Skiff (within shouting distance of this marker); The Explorations of Giovanni da Verrazzano (within shouting distance of this marker); St. Peter's Episcopal Church (within shouting distance of this marker); Lewes (within shouting distance of this marker); The Cannonball House (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named The Cannonball House (within shouting distance of this marker); Old Court House (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lewes.

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, February 3, 2013

2. Dodds Corner Marker

Photographed by Mike Stroud, October 15, 2010

3. Dodds Corner Marker

Dodds Corner Marker, seen along 2nd Street, heading north image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, October 15, 2010

4. Dodds Corner Marker, seen along 2nd Street, heading north

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, February 3, 2013

5. Dodds Corner Marker

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, February 3, 2013

6. Octor

Fragment of "Doctor Dodd" stone embedded in the steps on the northeast corner of Dodd's Corner.

Dodds Corner image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, February 3, 2013

7. Dodds Corner

Credits. This page was last revised on February 10, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 20, 2010, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,187 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on October 20, 2010, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 2. submitted on February 5, 2013, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. 3, 4. submitted on October 20, 2010, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 5, 6, 7. submitted on February 5, 2013, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.