Building at 409 West Baltimore Street

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Building at 409 West Baltimore Street
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Location409 W. Baltimore St., Baltimore, Maryland
Coordinates 39°17′21″N76°37′18″W / 39.28917°N 76.62167°W / 39.28917; -76.62167
Arealess than one acre
Built1875 (1875)
Architectural styleItalianate
MPS Cast Iron Architecture of Baltimore MPS
NRHP reference No. 94001395 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 1, 1994

Building at 409 West Baltimore Street, also known as the N. Hess & Bro. Building, is a historic retail and wholesale building located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is a four-story brick commercial building with a cast-iron façade above an altered storefront, erected about 1875. Built originally for a wholesale grocery company, it was subsequently occupied by a boot and shoe factory, and a series of wholesale and retail dry goods or clothing stores. [2]

The building at 409 West Baltimore Street was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. [1] The building next door at 407 West Baltimore, the L. Frank & Son Building, was listed at the same time.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Peter E. Kurtze (May 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: 409 West Baltimore Street" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.