Henry Townsend Building

	Henry Townsend Building
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district; Contributing property
	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
Area	0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built	1913-1914
Architectural style	Renaissance, Beaux Arts
Part of	Downtown Wilmington Commercial Historic District (ID10000079)
MPS	Market Street MRA (64000105)
NRHP reference No.	85000157
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	January 30, 1985
Designated CP	March 24, 2017

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.^[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ McMahon, Kevin (September 9, 2016) [March 4, 2016]. "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Downtown Wilmington Commercial Historic District". National Park Service. National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved May 26, 2024.
^ Alan Hawk (December 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Henry Townsend Building". and Accompanying photo

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[2] McMahon, Kevin (September 9, 2016) [March 4, 2016]. "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Downtown Wilmington Commercial Historic District". National Park Service. National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved May 26, 2024.

[NRHPnom-3] Alan Hawk (December 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Henry Townsend Building". and Accompanying photo

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