{"id":4012,"date":"2017-06-13T13:06:15","date_gmt":"2017-06-13T17:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sellingdelawarehomes.com\/delaware-real-estate\/?p=4012"},"modified":"2017-08-30T10:22:20","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T14:22:20","slug":"why-we-live-here-cape-henlopen-lighthouse-lewes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sellingdelawarehomes.com\/delaware-real-estate\/why-we-live-here-cape-henlopen-lighthouse-lewes\/","title":{"rendered":"Why We Live Here . . . Cape Henlopen Lighthouse, Lewes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We are more than gorgeous towns with beaches and State parks; we are rich in history.\u00a0 The Cape Henlopen Lighthouse once stood on the north side of the Great Dune in Lewes.\u00a0 It was first lit in 1769, but during the American Revolution it was almost completely destroyed by the British.\u00a0 Fifteen years later, it was reconstructed until winds started to ebb away at the sand dune on which it was perched.\u00a0 Measures were then taken to try to prevent the total loss of the tower.<\/p>\n

Explore properties For Sale in the area: Lewes Beach<\/a><\/span>, in-town Lewes<\/a><\/span>, North Shores<\/a><\/span>, and in-town Rehoboth Beach<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, all actions to protect the lighthouse failed and in April 1926, a storm undermined the tower, causing most of it to fall seaward.\u00a0 Over the next several years, residents were permitted to collect the remaining stones.\u00a0 One family used the fragments to construct a double-sided fireplace in their home in Rehoboth Beach.<\/p>\n

A replica of the Cape Henlopen Lighthouse was built in 2004 and erected in the middle of the roundabout on Rehoboth Avenue\/Delaware Rt. 1A.\u00a0(Source: Wikipedia)<\/i><\/p>\n

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Why We Live Here . . . Cape Henlopen Lighthouse, Lewes” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:center”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”4013″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] We are more than gorgeous towns with beaches and State parks; we are rich in history.\u00a0 The Cape Henlopen Lighthouse once stood on the north side of the Great Dune in Lewes.\u00a0 It was first lit in 1769, but … Continue reading Why We Live Here . . . Cape Henlopen Lighthouse, Lewes<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-why-we-live-here"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sellingdelawarehomes.com\/delaware-real-estate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sellingdelawarehomes.com\/delaware-real-estate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sellingdelawarehomes.com\/delaware-real-estate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sellingdelawarehomes.com\/delaware-real-estate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sellingdelawarehomes.com\/delaware-real-estate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sellingdelawarehomes.com\/delaware-real-estate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sellingdelawarehomes.com\/delaware-real-estate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sellingdelawarehomes.com\/delaware-real-estate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sellingdelawarehomes.com\/delaware-real-estate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sellingdelawarehomes.com\/delaware-real-estate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}