Henry Townsend Building Explained

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.

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=85000157}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Henry Townsend Building]. Alan Hawk . December 1984. and