Bethel Historic District, also known as Lewisville and Lewis' Wharf, is a national

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Bethel Bethel ( he, בֵּית אֵל, translit=Bēṯ 'Ēl, "House of El" or "House of God",Bleeker and Widegren, 1988, p. 257. also transliterated ''Beth El'', ''Beth-El'', ''Beit El''; el, Βαιθήλ; la, Bethel) was an ancient Israelite sanct ...

Sussex County, Delaware Sussex County is located in the southern part of the U.S. state of Delaware, on the Delmarva Peninsula. As of the 2020 census, the population was 237,378. The county seat is Georgetown. The first European settlement in the state of Delaware w ...

. 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, -story section with an adjoining rear wing and a taller -story addition. The Moore House is a -story dwelling with a -story addition and kitchen wing. It features a Victorian cross-gable roof adorned with

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. The "4 R's Farm" house is a square, two-story, three bay dwelling in the Italianate style. and ' It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

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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 Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware Historic districts in Sussex County, Delaware Italianate architecture in Delaware Houses in Sussex County, Delaware Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware National Register of Historic Places in Sussex County, Delaware {{Delaware-NRHP-stub