Henry Townsend Building | |
Location: | 709 N. Market St., Wilmington, Delaware |
Coordinates: | 39.7431°N -75.5498°W |
Built: | -1914 |
Architecture: | Renaissance, Beaux Arts |
Added: | January 30, 1985 |
Mpsub: | (64000105) |
Refnum: | 85000157 |
Nrhp Type2: | indcp |
Partof: | Downtown Wilmington Commercial Historic District |
Partof Refnum: | 10000079[1] |
Designated Nrhp Type2: | March 24, 2017 |
Nocat: | yes |
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.