| Sussex County Courthouse and the Circle | |
| Location: | The Circle, Georgetown, Delaware |
| Coordinates: | 38.6922°N -75.3847°W |
| Built: | -1840, 1914, 1970 |
| Architect: | Strickland, William |
| Architecture: | Georgian |
| Added: | June 4, 1973 |
| Area: | less than one acre |
| Refnum: | 73000554 |
Sussex County Courthouse and the Circle is a historic courthouse located at The Circle in Georgetown, Sussex County, Delaware. It was designed by noted Philadelphia architect William Strickland (1788–1854) and built between 1837 and 1840. It is a two-story, brick structure with a brick tower over the entrance hall. It originally featured a squat entrance tower surmounted by an undersized cupola. In 1914, the tower was enlarged and columns were added to the front. Renovations carried out in 1970 gave the building a decidedly more Georgian appearance. The Circle was laid out in 1791-1792 as a public green at the center of a baroque town plan for Georgetown. One of the first buildings constructed was the Old Sussex County Courthouse, which was moved to allow construction of the current Sussex County Courthouse.[1]
The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.