Charles Schagrin Building

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Charles Schagrin Building
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Charles Schagrin Building, June 2011
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Location608 N. Market St., Wilmington, Delaware
Coordinates 39°44′32″N75°32′59″W / 39.742220°N 75.549788°W / 39.742220; -75.549788 Coordinates: 39°44′32″N75°32′59″W / 39.742220°N 75.549788°W / 39.742220; -75.549788
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built1918 (1918), 1948
Architectural styleArt Deco
MPS Market Street MRA
NRHP reference No. 85000156 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 30, 1985

Charles Schagrin Building is a historic commercial building located at Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in the first quarter of the 19th century, with a new facade added in 1918, and modified again in 1948. It is a three-story, single bay commercial building with a rectangular plan built of wall bearing brick construction. It features a recessed display window, vertical black granite strips on both sides of the building, a stuccoed sign framed by horizontal copper bands, a large single-light central window with a stepped concrete window frame, and is in the Art Deco style. [2]

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 Schagrin Building". and Accompanying photo