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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Lewes DE 19958

 
Lewes Railroad Swing Bridge Marker wide view image, Touch for more information
By Pete Skillman, April 10, 2024
Lewes Railroad Swing Bridge Marker wide view
1 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes — Lewes Railroad Swing Bridge — An Engineering Marvel
Near American Legion Road.
2 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes — Lewes Station — The Junction & Breakwater Railroad
Near American Legion Road.
3 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes — Over Calm Waters — The Bridge at Lewes
On Lewes Georgetown Trail just south of Gills Neck Road (Local Road 267), on the right when traveling north.
4 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes — Preservation — A Bridge on the Move
On Lewes Georgetown Trail just south of Gills Neck Road (Local Road 267), on the right when traveling north.
5 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes — Saving History — The Bridge at Lewes
On Lewes Georgetown Trail south of Gills Neck Road (Local Road 267), on the right when traveling east.
6 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes — The Fort Miles Connection
Near American Legion Road.
7 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes — The Historic Lewes Canal Railroad Swing Bridge
Near American Legion Road.
8 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Angola — SC-220 — Conley's Chapel
On County Road 280B west of Robinsonville Road (County Road 277), on the left when traveling west.
9 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Belltown — In Honor of Ted Freeman — Astronaut • Apollo Branch
Near Savannah Road (Business U.S. 9) 0.1 miles east of North Village Main Boulevard, on the right when traveling east.
10 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Belltown — SC-271 — Israel United Methodist Church
On Plantation Road (Delaware Route 9).
11 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Belltown — SC-230 — The Coursey-Daisey Nanticoke Indian Burial Ground
On Eagle Point Drive, on the right when traveling south.
12 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Bethel Methodist Cemetery — SC-252 — Transit of Venus Observatory
On Savannah Road.
13 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Cape Henlopen State Park — 155mm Gun — This Gun: M114A2 Howitzer — Original Ft. Miles Gun: Model 1918-M-1 —
Near Dune Road, 0.5 miles east of Campground Road, on the left when traveling east.
14 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Cape Henlopen State Park — 16-inch Gun — Coastal Defense Giant
Near Dune Road, 0.5 miles east of Campground Road, on the left when traveling east.
15 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Cape Henlopen State Park — 3-Inch Gun — This Gun: 3-inch Deck Gun Mod. 1944 MK22 — The Original Ft. Miles Gun: Model 1903 —
Near Dune Road, 0.5 miles east of Campground Road, on the left when traveling east.
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16 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Cape Henlopen State Park — 6-inch Gun — This Gun: Mod. 1905 Mk D — The Original Ft. Miles Gun: Model 1903-A-2 —
Near Dune Road, 0.5 miles east of Campground Road, on the left when traveling east.
17 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Cape Henlopen State Park — 8-inch Gun — This Gun: Mark XXII Model II — Original Ft. Miles Gun: Model MXVI Mod.3A 11 —
Near Dune Road, 0.5 miles east of Campground Road, on the left when traveling east.
18 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Cape Henlopen State Park — Aircraft Warning System — Civilian volunteers monitor the skies
Near Dune Road, 0.5 miles east of Campground Road, on the left when traveling east.
19 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Cape Henlopen State Park — Delaware Breakwater Quarantine Station — 1884-1926
Near Dock Drive.
20 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Cape Henlopen State Park — Delaware’s Beachnesters
On Post Road.
21 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Cape Henlopen State Park — Formed By Nature And Man — Cape Henlopen State Park — Delaware State Parks —
On Ocean Drive (County Road 300) 0.4 miles north of Robins Lane, on the right when traveling north.
22 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Cape Henlopen State Park — Fort Miles Artillery Park — Recalling the guns that protected our coast
Near Dune Road, 0.5 miles east of Campground Road, on the left when traveling east.
23 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Cape Henlopen State Park — Fort Miles Historical Area — Battery 519 Cantonment
Near Dune Road, 0.5 miles east of Campground Road, on the left when traveling east.
24 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Cape Henlopen State Park — Fort Miles Historical Area — Buildings
Near Dune Road, 0.5 miles east of Campground Road, on the left when traveling east.
25 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Cape Henlopen State Park — Fort Miles in World War II — Welcome to Fort Miles Historic Area
Near Dune Road, 0.5 miles Campground Road, on the left when traveling east.
26 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Cape Henlopen State Park — German Submarine at Cape Henlopen — The Surrender of U-858
Near U.S. 9 near Coastal Highway (State Route 1).
27 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Cape Henlopen State Park — Proof Steel — How do you test a 16-inch gun?
Near Dune Road, 0.5 miles west of Campground Road, on the left when traveling east.
28 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Cape Henlopen State Park — 10 — Quarantine Station — Lewes Maritime History Trail
Near Coastal Highway (U.S. 9), on the right.
29 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Cape Henlopen State Park — Spotter House — Hooper's Island, Maryland
Near Dune Road, 0.5 miles east of Campground Road, on the left when traveling east.
30 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Cape Henlopen State Park — Standing Guard
Near Dune Road, on the right when traveling south.
31 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Cape Henlopen State Park — Standing Guard
On Gordons Pond Trail, 0.2 miles west of Ocean Drive (County Road 300), on the right when traveling north.
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32 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Cape Henlopen State Park — The Cape Henlopen Lighthouse — Beacon in the Night
Near Dune Road.
33 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Cape Henlopen State Park — The Ever Changing Cape Henlopen — Cape Henlopen, Delaware
Near Post Road.
34 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Cape Henlopen State Park — The Great Dune — Living Sands
Near Dune Road.
35 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Cape Henlopen State Park — The Osprey
On Post Road.
36 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Cape Henlopen State Park — The U.S. Navy at Cape Henlopen — A Century of Service
On Dune Road.
37 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Cape Henlopen State Park — Whiskey Beach — What is in a name? — Mystery surrounds the origin of the name of Whiskey Beach —
Near Ocean Drive (County Road 300) 0.4 miles north of Robins Lane, on the right when traveling north.
38 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Cape Henlopen State Park — William J. Hopkins — Delaware State Parks — Pioneer of Preservation —
On Bay Road, 0.2 miles north of Post Lane, on the right when traveling north.
39 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Coolspring — SC-240 — Cool Spring Presbyterian Church
On Log Cabin Hill Road (Local Road 247) just west of Local Road 281, on the right when traveling west.
40 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Coolspring — Cool Spring Station — The Junction & Breakwater Railroad
On Lewes Georgetown Trail just east of Minos Conaway Road (Delaware Route 265), on the left when traveling west.
41 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, George H.P. Smith Memorial Park — SC-288 — Block House Pond
On Johnson Avenue just east of Dupont Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
42 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Jimtown — SC-266 — Rabbit's Ferry School 201-C
On Robinsonville Road (Local Road 277) 0.1 miles north of Long Lane, on the left when traveling north.
43 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes — 1917 Pennsylvania Railroad Caboose
On Adams Avenue just east of Kings Highway (State Route 9), on the right when traveling east.
44 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes — A History of the Junction & Breakwater Railroad
On Savannah Road, 0.1 miles north of County Road 263, on the right when traveling south.
45 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes — SC-251 — Beebe Hospital
On Savannah Road (Business U.S. 9) just north of Beebe Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
46 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes — SC-243 — Beebe Medical Foundation
On Savannah Road at Sussex Drive, on the right when traveling south on Savannah Road.
47 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes — deVries Monument — Dutch Settlement of Delaware —
On Pilottown Road (Front Street), on the right when traveling north.
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48 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes — SC-204 — Home of Major Henry Fisher — Hero of the American Revolution
On Pilottown Road (Delaware Route 267) close to Rodney Ave..
49 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes — Lewes
On Savannah Road (U.S. 9) south of Nassau Commons, on the right when traveling south.
50 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes — Lewes
On Savannah Road (U.S. 9) north of Sussex Drive, on the right when traveling south.
51 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes — S-31 — Lewes
On Savannah Road (U.S. 9) north of Donovan Road/N. Atlantic Drive (Delaware Route 263), on the right when traveling north.
52 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes — SC-157 — Lewes Presbyterian Church
On Kings Highway (U.S. 9N), on the right when traveling north.
53 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes — SC-138 — Maull House
On Pilottown Road near Harborview Road, on the right when traveling east.
54 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes — Mayor Otis Smith — Lewes in Bloom Art in Bloom —
On East Savannah Road (U.S. 9) 0.2 miles south of Massachusetts Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
55 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes — Station Master's House — 342 Pilottown Road
On Pilottown Road just west of Queen Anne Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
56 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes — The De Vries Monument
On Pilottown Road (Front Street), on the right when traveling north.
57 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes — The Legacy of Ted Freeman
On Theo C. Freeman Memorial Highway (U.S. 9) 0.2 miles north of County Road 268, on the right when traveling north.
58 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Lewes Ferry Terminal — 9 — Breakwaters — Lewes Maritime History Trail
Near U.S. 9 north of Cape Henlopen Drive.
59 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Lewes Ferry Terminal — Cape May - Lewes Ferry
Near Cape Henlopen Drive.
60 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Lewes Ferry Terminal — SC-185 — Delaware Breakwater East End Lighthouse
Near U.S. 9 north of Cape Henlopen Drive.
61 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Lewes Ferry Terminal — 8 — Delaware Pilots — Lewes Maritime History Trail
Near U.S. 9 north of Cape Henlopen Drive.
62 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Lewes Ferry Terminal — SC-186 — Harbor of Refuge Lighthouse
Near Cape Henlopen Drive.
63 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Lewes Ferry Terminal — The Legacy of Ted Freeman
Near Cape Henlopen Drive (U.S. 9) north of Cape Henlopen Drive.
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64 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Lewes Ferry Terminal — Unknown Sailors' Cemetery
Near Cape Henlopen Drive.
65 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Lewes Historic District — 326 West Third Street
On West 3rd Street just east of Park Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
66 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Lewes Historic District — 5 — Burton-Ingram House
Near Shipcarpenter Street north of 3rd Street, on the left when traveling north.
67 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Lewes Historic District — Burton-Ingram House Addition
Near Shipcarpenter Street north of 3rd Street, on the left when traveling north.
68 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Lewes Historic District — Captain Chambers Chance
On West 3rd Street just east of Park Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
69 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Lewes Historic District — SC-219 — David Hall House
On Kings Highway (U.S. 9) near 3rd Street.
70 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Lewes Historic District — Dodds Corner
On 2nd street, on the right when traveling north.
71 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Lewes Historic District — Fisherman's Cottage — (circa 1720)
On West 3rd Street just east of Park Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
72 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Lewes Historic District — Frederick E. Hudson — November 29, 1923 - February 18, 2008 — "Fred" —
Near Shipcarpenter Street north of 2nd Street, on the left.
73 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Lewes Historic District — H.M. Brig DeBraak
On Kings Highway (U.S. 9N) near 3rd Street, on the left when traveling north.
74 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Lewes Historic District — Harbeson Railroad Station Privy — c. 1870
Near Shipcarpenter Street north of 3rd Street, on the left when traveling north.
75 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Lewes Historic District — SC-180 — Hiram Rodney Burton House
On Shipcarpenter Street near 2nd Street, on the left when traveling north.
76 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Lewes Historic District — John Penrose Virden
On 2nd Street near Mulberry Street, on the right when traveling west.
77 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Lewes Historic District — Last Lewes Pilot Skiff
Near Bank Street west of Front Street, on the left when traveling east.
78 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Lewes Historic District — Lewes — Zwaanendael
On Savannah Road (U.S. 9) south of 3rd Street & Kings Highway, on the right when traveling north.
79 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Lewes Historic District — Lewes — 1631
On Kingshighway (U.S. 9) just south of 3rd Street, on the right when traveling south.
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80 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Lewes Historic District — S-31 — Lewes
On Front Street near West Market Street, on the left when traveling north.
81 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Lewes Historic District — Lewes-Rehoboth Canal
Near Front Street (Delaware Route 267) 0 miles north of Savannah Road.
82 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Lewes Historic District — 2 — Life Saving Station — Lewes Maritime History Trail
On Shipcarpenter Street near Pilottown Road when traveling north.
83 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Lewes Historic District — Lightship LV-118 Overfalls
Near Shipcarpenter Street north of PIlottown Road, on the right when traveling north.
84 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Lewes Historic District — SC-175 — Lightship Overfalls
On Shipcarpenter Street, on the left when traveling north.
85 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Lewes Historic District — SC-214 — Menhaden Fishing Industry
On Shipscarpenter Street north of Front Street/Pilottown Road (Delaware Route 267).
86 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Lewes Historic District — Milk House
Near Shipcarpenter Street north of West 3rd Street, on the left when traveling north.
87 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Lewes Historic District — 11 — Monomoy History & Restoration — Lewes Maritime History Trail
On Shipcarpenter Street north of Pilottown Road, on the right when traveling north.
88 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Lewes Historic District — Old Bethel Church
On Mulberry Street near 3rd Street, on the right when traveling west.
89 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Lewes Historic District — Old Court House
On 2nd Street, on the left when traveling north.
90 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Lewes Historic District — Otis H. Smith City Dock
On Front Street near Neils Alley, on the right when traveling north.
91 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Lewes Historic District — 3 — Overfalls Lightship — Lewes Maritime History Trail
On Shipcarpenter Street near Pilottown Road, on the right when traveling north.
92 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Lewes Historic District — Ryves Holt House — Oldest Building Standing in State of Delaware
On Second Street near Mulberry Sreet, on the right when traveling east.
93 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Lewes Historic District — 4 — Shipbuilding — Lewes Maritime History Trail
On Pilottown Road (County Road 267) west of West Market Street, on the right.
94 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Lewes Historic District — SC-202 — St. Peter's Episcopal Church
On 2nd Street near Market Street, on the left when traveling north.
95 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Lewes Historic District — SC221 — The Blizzard of 1888
On Shipcarpenter Road, 0.1 miles north of Delaware Route 267, on the left when traveling north.
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96 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Lewes Historic District — The Bombardment of Lewes
On Front Street, on the right when traveling north.
97 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Lewes Historic District — SC-167 — The Bombardment of Lewes
On Front Street (Delaware Route 267) 0.1 miles Savannah Road (U.S. 9). Reported permanently removed.
98 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Lewes Historic District — SC-167 — The Bombardment of Lewes
On Front Street at Neils Alley, on the right when traveling west on Front Street.
99 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Lewes Historic District — The Cannonball House
On Front Street (Local Road 267) at Bank Street, on the left when traveling west on Front Street.
100 Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Lewes Historic District — SC-168 — The Cannonball House
On Bank Street at Front Street on Bank Street.

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