Editing Georgetown, Delaware (section)

==Architecture==
[[File:The Circle Georgetown 2020a.jpg|thumb|left|Fountain at the center of the Circle]]
[[File:The Circle Georgetown 2020g.jpg|thumb|left|Buildings on the Circle including the [[Delaware Court of Chancery|Court of Chancery]] and Town Hall]]
[[File:Market Street Georgetown 2020d.jpg|thumb|left|Building on Market Street]]

Georgetown is unusual among Delaware municipalities as the town was constructed around a [[circle]], instead of the more traditional park square. Located at "The Circle" are the Town Hall, state and county buildings, and the historic Sussex County Courthouse. The original Courthouse was replaced by the current structure, which was built in 1837 on South Bedford Street. It was restored in 1976 and is managed by the Georgetown Historical Society. Lawyers' offices, the newer [[Delaware Court of Chancery|Court of Chancery]] and Family Court buildings, a bank, and the Brick Hotel, recently renovated into offices, also line the Circle. This layout is similar to that found in [[Annapolis, Maryland]]. The center of Georgetown's circle is a small green [[park]] with a [[fountain]]. Georgetown's oldest church, [[St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Georgetown, Delaware)|St. Paul's Episcopal Church]], was constructed in 1844 and remodeled in 1881 in the early [[Victorian Gothic]] style; its congregation organized in 1794, shortly after the close of the American Revolutionary War. It is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] (NRHP).

Other recognized historic properties are the [[Joseph T. Adams House]], [[Brick Hotel]], [[Peter S. Faucett House]], [[First Broiler House]], [[Georgetown Coal Gasification Plant]], [[Stella Pepper Gyles House]], [[Judge's House and Law Office]], [[Dr. John W. Messick House and Office]], [[Old Sussex County Courthouse]], [[David Carlton Pepper Farm]], [[Redden Forest Education Center|Redden Forest Lodge, Forester's House and Stable]], [[Richards Mansion (Georgetown, Delaware)|Richards Mansion]], [[St. John's Methodist Church (Georgetown, Delaware)|St. John's Methodist Church]], [[Short Homestead]], [[Thomas Sipple House]], [[Sussex County Courthouse and the Circle]], [[Gardiner Wright Mansion]] and [[McColley's Chapel]], all listed on the NRHP.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>