Nat. Historic Landmrk-Seattle Electric Co.Georgetown Steam Plnt

Erected in 1906-08, this reinforced concrete building houses the last operational examples of the Curtis Vertical Steam Turbogenerator, the first type of large-scale steam turbine developed. This new technology established General Electric as a leader in the manufacture of steam ...

Georgetown

Site of town purchased May 9, 1791 from Abraham Harris, Rowland Bevins,and Joshua Pepper, and laid out for county-seat of Sussex County in accordance with Act of General Assembly of January 29, 1791. Named

Georgetown in honor of George Mitchell, ...

Georgetown County Veteran’s Memorial

For God and Country

Monument:

Dedicated to the memory of

those who made the supreme

sacrifice and in honor of

all who served their

country in time

of need

Footer stone:

Sponsored by

American Legion

Post 114 Post 173 Post 243

Disabled American Veterans

Chapter 62

Veterans of Foreign Wars

Post 6444 Post 10420

Committee

Bernard T. ...

Georgetown Presbyterian Church

In 1859 a petition was submitted to the Lewes

Presbytery requesting the creation of a

Presbyterian Church in Georgetown. The

congregation was organized the following year.

Meetings were first held in the Sussex County

Courthouse. The church was incorporated in

...

Georgetown Fire Company

On April 11, 1903, the commissioners of the

Town of Georgetown held a public meeting to

organize a fire company for the community.

The effort was in response to the demands of

businessmen and homeowners who had experienced

rising insurance ...

Georgetown Train Station

In 1857 efforts to extend a rail line from Harrington to the harbor at Lewes were initiated. Though the line was completed to Milford in 1859, additional work was delayed until 1867. By 1868 the rails had reached Georgetown. With ...

The Woman’s Club of Georgetown

In 1893 Lula Holland Leavell (1854-1895) and her daughters, Blanche and Kate, hosted a literary reading for a group of Georgetown women. That year the group formed a women’s literary club. In 1897 the club was named the “Initial History ...

Georgetown High School / Alma Mater

Georgetown High School

A memorial to our beloved Alma Mater. Georgetown High School was established and graduated the first class in 1926. It became accredited in 1932 and continued annual graduations under this name through 1971. The life of the ...

Georgetown

Settled in the early 1830’s this town was first named Tobanana for the nearby creek. The Tobanana post office was established January 10, 1833, and the name was changed to Georgetown September 21, 1836, in honor of Georgetown, District of ...

Georgetown County Courthouse

This courthouse, designed by prominent architect and

South Carolina native

Robert Mills (1781–1855),

was built in 1823–24 to replace a courthouse which had been damaged by two hurricanes. Mills himself,

who also designed the Washington Monument, called this courthouse “a great ornament to the ...