Judge's House and Law Office | |
Location | 100 and 104 W. Market St, Georgetown, Delaware |
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Coordinates | 38°41′21″N75°23′17″W / 38.68917°N 75.38806°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1810 |
Built by | Robinson, Justice Peter |
Architectural style | Federal, Greek Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 79000646 [1] |
Added to NRHP | November 13, 1979 |
Judge's House and Law Office is a historic home and office located at Georgetown, Sussex County, Delaware. The original structure was built by Justice Peter Robinson about 1810, as a 2+1⁄2-story, single pile, Federal style dwelling with a one-story, two bay southwest wing and one-story, three bay rear wing. The southwest wing was later raised in the 1820s to 2+1⁄2 stories and rear wing raised to 2-stories. In the 1840s, the interior was renovated in the Greek Revival style and the house shingled in cypress. The office was built in 1809, and is a one-story, cypress-shingled frame building, three bays wide, with a gable roof and rear wing. [2]
The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [1]
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