St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church
Incorporated on June 21, 1794, St. Paul’s
P.E. Church is the oldest organized church
in Georgetown. Prior to completion of the
first church building, services were held in
the Sussex County Courthouse. In 1805, a
special lottery sanctioned by the State
General Assembly raised $1,500 for construction
of the first church. During the early 1840’s,
a brick structure replaced the original frame
church. In 1880-81, the church was remodeled
in the early Victorian Gothic style - the plans
being attributed to McKim, Meade, and White, a
New York architectural firm distinguished for
planning a number of famous churches. St.
Paul’s P.E. Church was placed on the National
Register of Historic Places in 1979.
Marker is on East Pine Street near Academy Street, on the right when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
