Brick Hotel

Brick Hotel
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	The Circle, Georgetown, Delaware
Coordinates	38°41′23″N 75°23′13″W / 38.68972°N 75.38694°WCoordinates: 38°41′23″N 75°23′13″W / 38.68972°N 75.38694°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1836
Built by	Layton, Joshua S.; Sipple, Caleb B.
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Federal
NRHP Reference #	79000644[1]
Added to NRHP	November 13, 1979

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]

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

References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Dick Carter (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Brick Hotel" (PDF). and Accompanying nine photos
3. Brick Hotel On The Circle website