De Vries Palisade | |
 The De Vries Monument, May 2008 | |
   | |
| Location | Pilottown Road (Front Street), Lewes, Delaware |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 38°47′10.6″N 75°9′30.8″W / 38.786278°N 75.158556°W |
| Area | 1.1 acres (0.45 ha) |
| Built | 1631 |
| NRHP reference No. | 72000299[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 23, 1972 |
De Vries Palisade, also known as DeVries Palisade of 1631, is an archaeological site located at Lewes, Sussex County, Delaware. It is the site of the Zwaanendael Colony, the first permanent European presence on the Delaware Bay in 1631, settled by a group of settlers under David Pietersz. de Vries. The settlers landed near this spot to form a whale hunting station and agricultural settlement. A monument was erected on the site; it was dedicated on September 22, 1909.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[1]
YouTube Encyclopedic
-
1/3Views:2 81219 134539
-
Stem tegen op 06-04-2016
-
The Getty Villa Reimagined
-
Warren Gill Lecture at SFU – Beyond Architecture as a Commodity: Adding Value through Urban Design
Transcription
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "The De Vries Monument". The Historical Marker Database.
External links
| Topics |   | |
|---|---|---|
| Lists by county | ||
| Lists by city | ||
| Other lists | ||
This page was last edited on 6 August 2023, at 04:50