Wilmington Trust Company Bank

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Wilmington Trust Company Bank
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Wilmington Trust Company Bank, April 2010
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Location82 E. Main St., Newark, Delaware
Coordinates 39°41′01″N75°45′00″W / 39.683479°N 75.750114°W / 39.683479; -75.750114 Coordinates: 39°41′01″N75°45′00″W / 39.683479°N 75.750114°W / 39.683479; -75.750114
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built1923
Architectural styleClassical Revival
MPS Newark MRA
NRHP reference No. 82002351 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 7, 1982

Wilmington Trust Company Bank is a historic bank building in Newark in New Castle County, Delaware. It was built about 1926 and is a one-story, rectangular plan brick structure with a cast concrete / cement Neoclassical facade. It was built by the Farmer's Trust Company of Newark, which was acquired in 1952 by the Wilmington Trust Company. [2] It is owned today by M&T Bank, which bought Wilmington Trust in 2008.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Valerie Cesna and Betsy Bahr (December 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Wilmington Trust Company Bank". National Park Service . Retrieved 2010-04-20.