Bethel Historic District (Bethel, Delaware)

Bethel Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Ship-Carpenter's House, Bethel Historic District, June 1960
Location	0.4 mi. W of Laurel, Bethel, Delaware
Coordinates	38°34′38″N 75°37′55″W / 38.57722°N 75.63194°WCoordinates: 38°34′38″N 75°37′55″W / 38.57722°N 75.63194°W
Area	55 acres (22 ha)
Architectural style	Other, Italianate, Victorian
NRHP Reference #	75000544[1]
Added to NRHP	February 10, 1975

Bethel Historic District, also known as Lewisville and Lewis' Wharf, is a national historic district located at Bethel, Sussex County, Delaware. The district includes four contributing buildings. They are representative of dwellings built by the village's skilled ship carpenters. They are the two Ship-Carpenter Houses, the Moore House, and 4 R's Farm house. The two Ship-Carpenter Houses were built before 1868, and each consists of a low, 1 1/2-story section with an adjoining rear wing and a taller 1 1/2-story addition. The Moore House is a 1 1/2-story dwelling with a 2 1/2-story addition and kitchen wing. It features a Victorian cross-gable roof adorned with gingerbread trim. The "4 R's Farm" house is a square, two-story, three bay dwelling in the Italianate style.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.^[1]

References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Madeline Dunn (March 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Bethel Historic District" (PDF). and Accompanying nine photos

External links

• Ship-Carpenter's House, Main Street, Bethel, Sussex County, DE: 5 photos and 2 data pages at Historic American Buildings Survey
• Ship Carpenter's House, Main Street, Bethel, Sussex County, DE: 3 photos and 3 data pages at Historic American Buildings Survey