101 ► Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Lewes Historic District — The Explorations of Giovanni da Verrazzano —

This stone is from Castello di Verrazano, the explorer's ancestral home in Val di Greve Chianti, Italy. He was engaged by the King of France in 1524 to lead a voyage of discovery to North America aboard his ship Dauphine. That Voyage is . . . — — Map (db m63067) HM

102 ► Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Lewes Historic District — The Fisher-Martin House — c. 1730 —

This house is an excellent example of Sussex County architecture circa 1730. It was moved to its present site in 1980 to help celebrate Lewes' 350th anniversary in 1981. — — Map (db m113690) HM

103 ► Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Lewes Historic District — The Lightship Overfalls LV-118/WAL-539 —

The Lightship Overfalls LV-118/WAL-539 had a long, distinguished career marking the shoal waters and guiding ships to safe harbor on the East Coast. After decommissioning, the Coast Guard donated her to the Lewes Historical Society (LHS) and she . . . — — Map (db m232751) HM

104 ► Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Lewes Historic District — The New Devon Inn — 142 2nd Street —

The New Devon Inn has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places By the United States Department of the Interior 1926 — — Map (db m38157) HM

105 ► Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Lewes Historic District — 5 — The War of 1812 — Lewes Maritime History Trail —

During the War of 1812, British vessels blockaded the mouth of Delaware Bay in an effort to disrupt shipping patterns and supply lines and cause economic hardship in the Mid-Atlantic. But when crews attempted to land at Lewes to replenish their . . . — — Map (db m38598) HM

106 ► Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Lewes Historic District — SC-161 — The Zwaanendael Club —

This building was constructed in 1898 by the Sussex Trust Title and Safe Deposit Company. It was opened in October of that year, and continued to serve as the Lewes branch of the bank until being replaced by a new structure on Second Street in 1911. . . . — — Map (db m37396) HM

107 ► Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Lewes Historic District — Thompson Country Store — Built at Thompsonville De. c.1800 —

Operated by Thompson family from 1888-1962. Moved, repaired and reopened by the Lewes Historical Society in 1963. — — Map (db m113695) HM

108 ► Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Lewes Historic District — 50 — Votes for Women — Road to the 19th Amendment — National Votes for Women Trail —

Leah Burton, 1878-1968. State & Sussex Co. organizer and advocate for women's right to vote, 1915-1920. Lived here until 1920. — — Map (db m190356) HM

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109 ► Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Lewes Historic District — World Wars I and II Memorial —

In honor of those who made the supreme sacrifice and of those who served in World Wars I and II. They have fought, "to safeguard and transmit to posterity the principles of justice, freedom and democracy." — — Map (db m113689) WM

110 ► Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Lewes Historic District — Zwaanendael House —

A memorial of the first settlement in Delaware by the Dutch, on Lewes Creek A.D. 1631 — — Map (db m63578) HM

111 ► Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Lewes Historic District — Zwaanendael Museum — 1931 —

The Zwaanendael Museum was built in 1931 to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the first European settlement in Delaware. The building is a careful adaptation of the town hall in Hoorn, Holland which was constructed in 1613. Exhibits in the museum . . . — — Map (db m198896) HM

112 ► Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Nassau — A History of the Junction & Breakwater Railroad —

All Aboard! Chartered in 1857, the Junction & Breakwater Railroad (J&BRR) ran the 38 miles from a junction with the Delaware Railroad in Harrington to the Delaware Breakwater in Lewes. The portion of the line from Georgetown to Lewes opened . . . — — Map (db m190364) HM

113 ► Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Nassau — A History of the Junction & Breakwater Railroad —

All Aboard! Chartered in 1857, the Junction & Breakwater Railroad (J&BRR) ran the 38 miles from a junction with the Delaware Railroad in Harrington to the Delaware Breakwater in Lewes. The portion of the line from Georgetown to Lewes opened . . . — — Map (db m190427) HM

114 ► Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Nassau — S-29 — Broadkiln Hundred —

Originally known as Broadkill Hundred, after creek of that name, kill being Dutch work for creek. Name changed by General Assembly 1833 when Georgetown Hundred was set off. In 1835 Act was repealed, and Broadkiln Hundred embraced same territory as . . . — — Map (db m36881) HM

115 ► Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Nassau — Kiosk Dedicated in Memory of Thomas H. Draper — 1941 - 2017 —

Thomas H. Draper began his broadcasting career in 1967 with the purchase of his first radio station WTHD in Milford, Delaware, which bore his initials as its call letters. Five years later, he signed on another Milford station, WAFL-FM. In 1980, . . . — — Map (db m244423) HM

116 ► Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Nassau — Nassau Station — The Junction & Breakwater Railroad —

Next Stop: Nassau Station! The small community of Nassau grew up in this location around 1870, when the Junction & Breakwater Railroad (J&BRR) created a railroad station here. Within 20 years, Nassau contained residences, a Methodist . . . — — Map (db m190386) HM

117 ► Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Savannah Beach — 6 — Lighthouses — Lewes Maritime History Trail —

Two of the many lighthouses that have guided mariners on Delaware Bay for nearly 250 years can be seen from Lewes beach. The rust-colored Delaware Breakwater East End Lighthouse was built in 1885. It replaced an earlier lighthouse that was . . . — — Map (db m38524) HM

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118 ► Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Savannah Beach — 7 — Menhaden Fisheries — Lewes Maritime History Trail —

Menhaden, a small bony, oily fish was pursued not to be eaten but to be pressed for its oil and ground into fertilizer. Lewes' fisheries began in 1883 and reached their zenith in 1953 when the docks at Lewes strained under the weight on millions . . . — — Map (db m38820) HM

119 ► Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, St. George Cemetery — SC-258 — St. George African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church and Cemetery —

St. George AME church was established prior to 1880 on land donated by Peter Lewis, a free black shipbuilder and AME church delegate. Initially, congregants met at the Old Bethel Meeting House, but soon acquired a corn crib to hold services in on . . . — — Map (db m150098) HM

120 ► Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, University of Delaware — Tapping the Power of Wind Energy in Coastal Delaware —

The University of Delaware's 2-megawatt wind turbine generates clean power and represents an important contribution to renewable energy development in the United States. Clean Energy Using wind power reduces our use of fossil . . . — — Map (db m113701) HM

121 ► Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, University of Delaware — 1 — University of Delaware — Lewes Maritime History Trail —

The University of Delaware (UD) has been involved with marine research since 1950, when a group of local fishermen became alarmed by drastic decline in Delaware Bay fisheries approached the Delaware General Assembly for help. The legislators . . . — — Map (db m113700) HM

122 ► Delaware, Sussex County, Rehoboth Beach — The Junction and Breakwater Trail — You are Standing in the Path of a Train! —

Though the tracks are gone, this trail follows the path of an early railroad that once helped to join northern and southern Delaware. The Junction and Breakwater Railroad Company opened in 1857. The "junction" was in Harrington which connected with . . . — — Map (db m245057) HM

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