Brick Hotel

Brick Hotel, also known as the Wilmington Trust Co., Georgetown Office, is a historic hotel located at Georgetown, Sussex County, Delaware. It was built in 1836, and is a 2 1/2-story, seven bay, brick structure in a transitional Federal / Greek Revival style. It has a one-story, rear kitchen wing, and a one-story wing attached to it and dated to the 1930s. It has a slate-tiled roof, double end chimneys, and a modern Greek Revival style verandah. The exterior was altered in 1955, when it was converted from its original use as a hotel to its use as a bank building.[2] In 2008, it was converted back to a hotel.[3]

Brick Hotel
LocationThe Circle, Georgetown, Delaware
Coordinates38°41′23″N 75°23′13″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1836 (1836)
Built byLayton, Joshua S.; Sipple, Caleb B.
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Federal
NRHP reference No.79000644[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 13, 1979

The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Dick Carter (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Brick Hotel". and Accompanying nine photos
  3. Brick Hotel On The Circle website


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