Philips-Thompson Buildings

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Philips-Thompson Buildings
NORTHEAST FRONT 200-206 EAST FOURTH STREET - Phillips-Thompson Building, 200-206 East Fourth Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE HABS DEL,2-WILM,52-1.tif
The former buildings
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Location200-206 E. 4th St., Wilmington, Delaware
Coordinates 39°44′22″N75°32′59″W / 39.73944°N 75.54972°W / 39.73944; -75.54972
Area0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Builtc. 1884 (1884)
NRHP reference No. 80000937 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 16, 1980

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. [2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1]

Former site within Chase Bank complex 200 206 E 4th Wilm DE.jpg
Former site within Chase Bank complex

The buildings have been demolished. A two-story office building now sits on the site that was originally built for First Chicago Bank but is now occupied by Chase Bank.

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ Sara C, Ramsey and Jean Athan (November 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Philips-Thompson Buildings". and Accompanying four photos


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