Leipsic: A Delightful Fishing Village
Leipsic waterfront Leipsic is one of our favorite stops on the Delaware Bayshore Byway. If you’re one of the many people who makes a periodic pilgrimage to the legendary Sambo’s crabhouse, take the time to walk around this charming, friendly fishing village. Fishermen unloading a morning catch Leipsic was a large, important port in the mid-1800s, shipping marsh hay, grain, and produce to Wilmington, Philadelphia, and New York and oysters to oyster shipping centers in Port Norris and Bivalve, New Jersey. Today it’s quieter but still an active fishing and crabbing village. Stacks of crab traps on the Leipsic waterfront Leipsic has several interesting historic buildings that recall its glory days in the 1800s. At the southwest corner of Front and Denny Streets is Sipple House, built between 1880 and 1890 in a mix of Italianate and Second Empire styles. This is the most elaborate Victorian house in Leipsic, built during its final economic boom and a testament to how prosperous ...