Henry Townsend Building

Henry Townsend Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Henry Townsend Building, June 2010
Location	709 N. Market St., Wilmington, Delaware
Coordinates	39°44′35″N 75°32′59″W / 39.743068°N 75.549779°WCoordinates: 39°44′35″N 75°32′59″W / 39.743068°N 75.549779°W
Area	0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built	1913-1914
Architectural style	Renaissance, Beaux Arts
MPS	Market Street MRA
NRHP Reference #	85000157[1]
Added to NRHP	January 30, 1985

Henry Townsend Building is a historic commercial/residential building located at Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1913-1914, and is a four-story, five bay commercial apartment building with a rectangular plan built of wall bearing brick construction. It features a limestone facade with ornate denticulated cornice supported by four large brackets in the Beaux Arts style. Between 1922 and 1964, the first floor was used as a W. T. Grant Department Store.^[2]

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

References

1. Staff (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: Henry Townsend Building" (PDF). and Accompanying photo