One Calvert Plaza
| One Calvert Place | |
|---|---|
 One Calvert Place viewed from The Bank of America Building | |
| Former names |
Continental Trust Building The Continental Building Mercantile Trust Building |
| General information | |
| Type | Commercial offices |
| Architectural style | Beaux-Arts |
| Location |
201 East Baltimore Street Baltimore, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 39°17′23″N 76°36′44″W / 39.2897°N 76.6122°WCoordinates: 39°17′23″N 76°36′44″W / 39.2897°N 76.6122°W |
| Height | |
| Antenna spire | 76 m (249 ft) |
| Roof | 67 m (220 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 16 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect |
D.H. Burnham & Company |
|
Continental Trust Company Building | |
| Location |
1 S. Calvert St. Baltimore, Maryland |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1900 |
| Architect | Burnham,D. H. & Co.; Thompson-Starret Company |
| Architectural style | Skyscraper |
| NRHP Reference # | 83002930[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 3, 1983 |
| References | |
| [2][3][4] | |
One Calvert Plaza, formerly the Continental Trust Company Building, is a historic 16-story, 76 m (249 ft) skyscraper in Baltimore, Maryland. The Beaux-Arts, early modern office building was constructed with steel structural members clad with terra cotta fireproofing and tile-arch floors. Its namesake was chartered in 1898 and instrumental in merging several Baltimore light and gas companies into one city-wide system. It was constructed in 1900-1901 to designs prepared by D.H. Burnham and Company of Chicago and is a survivor of the 1904 fire that destroyed more than 100 acres (40 ha) in the present downtown financial district.[5] When it was built in 1901, it was then the tallest building in Baltimore, and it kept that title until being surpassed by the iconic Bromo-Seltzer Tower of the Emerson Drug Company led by Capt. Isaac Edward Emerson, (1859-1931), the inventor of the stomach remedy and antacid, "Bromo-Seltzer" in 1911.
Continental Trust Company Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1] It is within the Baltimore National Heritage Area.[6]
References
- 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ One Calvert Plaza at Emporis
- ↑ One Calvert Plaza at SkyscraperPage
- ↑ One Calvert Plaza at Structurae
- ↑ William Meyers (November 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Continental Trust Company Building" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
- ↑ "Baltimore National Heritage Area Map" (PDF). City of Baltimore. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
External links
- Continental Trust Company Building, Baltimore City, including photo from 1984, at Maryland Historical Trust
- Historical Marker Database
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