Charles Gray Printing Shop

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Charles Gray Printing Shop
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Former Gray Printing Building, June 2011
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Location11 E. 8th St., Wilmington, Delaware
Coordinates 39°44′36″N75°32′55″W / 39.743252°N 75.548498°W / 39.743252; -75.548498 Coordinates: 39°44′36″N75°32′55″W / 39.743252°N 75.548498°W / 39.743252; -75.548498
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built1874 (1874)
Architectural styleItalianate
MPS Market Street MRA
NRHP reference No. 85000151 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 30, 1985

Charles Gray Printing Shop was a historic commercial building located at Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1874, and was a three-story, commercial/office building with a rectangular plan built of wall bearing brick construction. It featured a half-octagonal display window and is in the Italianate style. [2] The building was demolished and replaced with an office of the University of Delaware.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Alan Hawk (December 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Charles Gray Printing Shop". and Accompanying photo