The Quaint Village of Bethel, Delaware

The entire town of Bethel, a quaint village of Victorian and Italianate architecture with a population of 199, is on the National Historic Register. Bethel was founded in the late 1700's and incorporated in the 1880's. The town, located on the north bank of the Broad Creek near Laurel, was a prosperous shipbuilding community in the 1800's and many of the homes were built by ship carpenters for sea captains of that period.

My sister Bonnie and I visited the little town of Bethel yesterday, driving through for the very first time, even though we have lived in this area all our lives and have gone many times to the popular greenhouse business just outside of town.  Wow.  What a sweet and beautiful little place.  Picket fences, flowering shrubs, Victorian houses with attached little cottages, waterfront property, a little general store .... and a place small enough that one could park her car right in the middle of the street long enough to jump out and take a couple of photographs.   I'll be posting more pictures as I edit them, but wanted to get this one posted since I have it as today's entry in the 365 project.   Click on photo to enlarge.