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Crosby and Hill Building

Coordinates: 39°44′32″N 75°33′1″W / 39.74222°N 75.55028°W / 39.74222; -75.55028
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Crosby and Hill Building
Crosby and Hill Building, June 2010
Crosby and Hill Building is located in Delaware
Crosby and Hill Building
Crosby and Hill Building is located in the United States
Crosby and Hill Building
Location605 N. Market St., Wilmington, Delaware 19801
Coordinates39°44′32″N 75°33′1″W / 39.74222°N 75.55028°W / 39.74222; -75.55028
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built1859 (1859), 1920
Architectural styleEarly Commercial
Part ofDowntown Wilmington Commercial Historic District (ID10000079[2])
MPSMarket Street MRA (64000105)
NRHP reference No.85000148[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJanuary 30, 1985
Designated CPMarch 24, 2017

Crosby and Hill Building is a historic commercial building located at Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built about 1859, with the present facade added in 1920.

History

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The building has housed a number of businesses including a pharmacy, the Household of Faith Church, the Crosby and Hill dry goods wholesaler and retailer, the Diamond Silk Shirt and Waist Company, the Wilmington Board of Trade Builders Exchange, and John's Bargain Basement Department Store Company.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]

Architecture

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Detail from the top of the facade

It is a four-story, three-bay rectangular plan building of bearing wall brick construction. It has a flat roof with parapet wall. The building is an example of a late-19th century commercial building that was "modernized" in the first quarter of the 20th century.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ McMahon, Kevin (September 9, 2016) [March 4, 2016]. "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Downtown Wilmington Commercial Historic District". National Park Service. National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved May 26, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Alan Hawk (December 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Crosby and Hill Building". and Accompanying photo