Henry Townsend Building
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Henry Townsend Building
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Henry Townsend Building, June 2010
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| Location | 709 N. Market St., Wilmington, Delaware |
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| Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
| Built | 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]
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- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. and Accompanying photo
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