Old Town Hall is a historic

town hall In local government, a city hall, town hall, civic centre (in the UK or Australia), guildhall, or municipal hall (in the Philippines) is the chief administrative building of a city, town, or other municipality. It usually houses the city o ...

located at Wilmington,

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. 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

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and once had a wooden

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. The building housed the Wilmington city government until 1916 and served as a focal point of many public events in Delaware's history. and The property is owned and managed by the

Delaware Historical Society The Delaware Historical Society began in 1864 as an effort to preserve documents from the Civil War. Since then, it has expanded into a statewide historical institution with several buildings, including Old Town Hall and the Delaware History M ...

It was added to the

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in 1974.

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* * Historic American Buildings Survey in Delaware City and town halls on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware Georgian architecture in Delaware Federal architecture in Delaware Government buildings completed in 1798 Buildings and structures in Wilmington, Delaware Former seats of local government 1798 establishments in Delaware National Register of Historic Places in Wilmington, Delaware {{Delaware-NRHP-stub