Max Keil Building | |
Location | 712 N. Market St., Wilmington, Delaware |
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Coordinates | 39°44′35″N75°32′57″W / 39.742928°N 75.549219°W |
Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
Built | 1850 | , 1938
Architectural style | Moderne, Art Deco |
Part of | Downtown Wilmington Commercial Historic District (ID10000079 [1] ) |
MPS | Market Street MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 85000152 [2] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | January 30, 1985 |
Designated CP | March 24, 2017 |
Max Keil Building is a historic commercial building located at Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built about 1850, and modified in the Art Moderne / Art Deco style in 1938. It is a three-story, single-bay commercial building with a rectangular plan built of wall bearing brick construction. The front facade features a large curved glass display window on the first floor and an austere, peach-colored terra-cotta wall with a large rectangular window of structural glass block at the second and third floors. [3]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [2]
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