NRHP Reference # 77000393 Added to NRHP 19 September 1977 | Area 12 ha | |
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Location Ship-carpenter, Front, Savannah, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Sts., Lewes, Delaware Architectural style Other, Queen Anne, Second Empire, Victorian MPS African--American Resources in Delaware MPS (AD) | ||
Conley s chapel
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 district is primarily residential with resources ranging from small working-class houses to large and ornate houses from the Victorian period in a variety of popular styles including Queen Anne and Second Empire. Also included in the district is the Market Street commercial area, including three frame store buildings and the elaborate Smith Block. Other notable buildings include St. Peter's Episcopal Church, the Ellis Marine Complex, Cannonball House, Governor Ebe W. Tunnell House, Walsh Building, Zwaanendael Museum (1932), Cornelius Burton House, Lewes Historical Society enclave, and the De Wolf Houses. The contributing sites include the site of an 18th-century fort and the 1812 Park.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.