Henry Townsend Building

Henry Townsend Building

Henry Townsend Building, June 2010
Location 709 N. Market St., Wilmington, Delaware
Coordinates 39°44′35″N 75°32′59″W / 39.743068°N 75.549779°W / 39.743068; -75.549779Coordinates: 39°44′35″N 75°32′59″W / 39.743068°N 75.549779°W / 39.743068; -75.549779
Area 0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built 1913 (1913)-1914
Architectural style Renaissance, Beaux Arts
MPS Market Street MRA
NRHP Reference # 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

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Alan Hawk (December 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Henry Townsend Building" (PDF). and Accompanying photo


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