The Anchorage
The Anchorage is located about a mile and a half north of Cecilton, on the left hand side of the road. The original part of the house, built in 1835, was the home of the Lusbys. Miss Ruth Lusby married Commodore Jacob Jones and this became their home. Commodore Jacob Jones was buried in the graveyard of St. Stephen's Church and later reinterred in the Wilmington Brandywine Cemetery. He was born in Smyrna, Delaware March 1768 and died in Philadelphia, August 1850, according to the inscription on his gravestone. He was in the Navy nearly 52 years.
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Barbara Garner said
at 7:06 pm on Mar 2, 2009
From the Booklet published in 1967 by the women of St. Stephen's Church and funded by Marguerite du Pont de Villiers Boden: The main brick section was built in 1853 by Commodore Jacob Jones. During the War of 1812, the British marched to this point before turning back. Commmodore Jones was a Delawarean by birth, born in Smyrna in 1768.
The Anchorage has a main part of brick 2-1/2 stories high and a lower brick wing to which a frame section was added. The main house has two chimneys on the south end. The front door is paneled and has a fanlight, which is repeated in the dormer windows. One of the south rooms has a fine mantle, decorated with delicate figures in bas-relief. In 1967 the Anchorage was the home of Mr. and Mrs. George C. Fry. (Barbara Garner)
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