Exchange Building (Newark, Delaware) Explained

Exchange Building
Location:154-158 E. Main St., Newark, Delaware
Coordinates:39.6836°N -75.7469°W
Built:1880
Architecture:Second Empire, Mansard
Added:May 7, 1982
Refnum:82002343

Exchange Building, also known as Center Building, Center Hall, and the Grange Building is a historic commercial building located at Newark in New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1880 and is a three-story rectangular, stucco coated building with a five bay facade. It features a deep mansard roof enclosing the third floor and covered in slate in the Second Empire style. A prison cell dated to about 1905 is located in the building's basement when, reportedly, a courthouse was located at this address.[1] A barber shop has operated in the same location on the first floor of the Exchange Building for over 100 years. Klondike Kate's, a restaurant, occupies the rest of the ground floor.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=82002343}} National Register of Historic Places Registration: Exchange Building]. December 1982. 2010-04-20 . Valerie Cesna and Betsy Bahr. National Park Service.