De Vries Palisade

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]

De Vries Palisade
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The De Vries Monument, May 2008
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Location	Pilottown Road (Front Street), Lewes, Delaware
Coordinates	38°47′10.6″N 75°9′30.8″W
Area	1.1 acres (0.45 ha)
Built	1631 (1631)
NRHP reference No.	72000299[1]
Added to NRHP	February 23, 1972

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

See also

• Zwaanendael Museum

References

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

External links

• "DeVries Monument in Lewes," by Hazel D. Brittingham, 1997