Philips-Thompson Buildings Explained

Philips-Thompson Buildings
Location:200-206 E. 4th St., Wilmington, Delaware
Coordinates:39.7394°N -75.5497°W
Built:c.
Added:April 16, 1980
Refnum:80000937

Philips-Thompson Buildings was a set of two historic commercial buildings located at Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. They were built about 1884, and were two three-story, red brick buildings. They had a row of square decorative terra cotta tiles divides the second and third stories. They featured a corbelled brick cornice and sunburst decorations capping the central bays. The buildings housed a wholesale farm supply company, wholesale grocers and produce shops.[1] The buildings have been demolished.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=80000937}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Philips-Thompson Buildings ]. Sara C, Ramsey and Jean Athan. November 1979. and