Henry Townsend Building
Henry Townsend Building | |
 Henry Townsend Building, June 2010 | |
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| Location | 709 N. Market St., Wilmington, Delaware |
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| Coordinates | 39°44′35″N 75°32′59″W / 39.743068°N 75.549779°W |
| Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
| Built | 1913-1914 |
| Architectural style | Renaissance, Beaux Arts |
| MPS | Market Street MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 85000157[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 30, 1985 |
Henry Townsend Building is a historic commercial/residential building located at Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1913–1914, and is a four-story, five bay commercial apartment building with a rectangular plan built of wall bearing brick construction. It features a limestone facade with ornate denticulated cornice supported by four large brackets in the Beaux Arts style. Between 1922 and 1964, the first floor was used as a W. T. Grant Department Store.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Alan Hawk (December 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Henry Townsend Building". and Accompanying photo
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