Charles Schagrin Building

Charles Schagrin Building

Charles Schagrin Building, June 2011
Location 608 N. Market St., Wilmington, Delaware
Coordinates 39°44′32″N 75°32′59″W / 39.742220°N 75.549788°W / 39.742220; -75.549788Coordinates: 39°44′32″N 75°32′59″W / 39.742220°N 75.549788°W / 39.742220; -75.549788
Area 0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built 1918 (1918), 1948
Architectural style Art Deco
MPS Market Street MRA
NRHP Reference # 85000156[1]
Added to NRHP January 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]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Alan Hawk (December 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Charles Schagrin Building" (PDF). and Accompanying photo


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