De_Vries_Palisade

De Vries Palisade

De Vries Palisade

Archaeological site in Delaware, United States

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]

Quick Facts Location, Coordinates ...

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[1]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. [2]
    "The De Vries Monument". The Historical Marker Database.


This article about a property in Delaware on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article De_Vries_Palisade, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.