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Old Town Hall (Wilmington, Delaware)

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Area
  
less than one acre

NRHP Reference #
  
74000605

Added to NRHP
  
31 December 1974

Built
  
1798 (1798)

Opened
  
1798

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Location
  
512 Market St., Wilmington, Delaware

Architectural styles
  
Georgian architecture, Federal architecture

Similar
  
Delaware Historical Society, Grand Opera House, Brandywine Creek, Holy Trinity Church, Rodney Square

Old Town Hall is a historic town hall located at Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1798, and is a large two-story brick building in a late-Georgian / early-Federal style. The roof is gently sloping and is topped by a large octagonal cupola and once had a wooden balustrade. The building housed the Wilmington city government until 1916 and served as a focal point of many public events in Delawares history. The property is owned and managed by the Delaware Historical Society

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

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Old Town Hall (Wilmington, Delaware) Wikipedia