LOCATION FILE
Cannonball House
FOLLOWLewes, DE
DIRECTIONS →Access is limited. Check hours, permits or bookings before you go.
OVERVIEW
A colonial house built around 1765, named for a cannonball still embedded in its foundation from the British Royal Navy's 1813 bombardment of Lewes; it now serves as the Lewes Historical Society's maritime museum.
REPORTED ACTIVITY
Visitors and tour guides describe a sea captain's apparition on the upper floor, along with cold drafts and footsteps, and recount the story of a young woman named Susan said to have died there after her skirts caught fire at the hearth.
VISITING
Open seasonally as a museum and included on the Lewes Historical Society's walking and ghost tours.
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