First National Bank of Seaford is a historic

bank A bank is a financial institution that accepts deposits from the public and creates a demand deposit while simultaneously making loans. Lending activities can be directly performed by the bank or indirectly through capital markets. Because ...

building located at Seaford,

Sussex County, Delaware Sussex County is located in the southern part of the U.S. state of Delaware, on the Delmarva Peninsula. As of the 2020 census, the population was 237,378. The county seat is Georgetown. The first European settlement in the state of Delaware w ...

. It was built in 1868, and is a two-story, five bay, rectangular brick structure in the

Italianate The Italianate style was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. Like Palladianism and Neoclassicism, the Italianate style drew its inspiration from the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italian R ...

style. It has a hipped roof with dormers and a two-story, frame addition. It is the oldest standing bank building in Seaford and has been converted to apartments. and ' It was added to the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1987.

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Bank buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware Italianate architecture in Delaware Commercial buildings completed in 1868 Banks based in Delaware Buildings and structures in Sussex County, Delaware Defunct banks of the United States Seaford, Delaware National Register of Historic Places in Sussex County, Delaware {{Delaware-NRHP-stub