Crosby and Hill Building explained

Crosby and Hill Building
Location:605 N. Market St., Wilmington, Delaware 19801
Coordinates:39.7422°N -75.5503°W
Built:, 1920
Architecture:Early Commercial
Added:January 30, 1985
Mpsub: (64000105)
Refnum:85000148
Nrhp Type2:indcp
Partof:Downtown Wilmington Commercial Historic District
Partof Refnum:10000079[1]
Designated Nrhp Type2:March 24, 2017
Nocat:yes

Crosby and Hill Building is a historic commercial building located at Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built about 1859, with the present facade added in 1920.

History

The building has housed a number of businesses including a pharmacy, the Household of Faith Church, the Crosby and Hill dry goods wholesaler and retailer, the Diamond Silk Shirt and Waist Company, the Wilmington Board of Trade Builders Exchange, and John's Bargain Basement Department Store Company.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

Architecture

It is a four-story, three-bay rectangular plan building of bearing wall brick construction. It has a flat roof with parapet wall. The building is an example of a late-19th century commercial building that was "modernized" in the first quarter of the 20th century.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Downtown Wilmington Commercial Historic District . McMahon . Kevin . . . September 9, 2016 . March 4, 2016 . May 26, 2024.
  2. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=85000148}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Crosby and Hill Building]. Alan Hawk . December 1984. and