Stewart's Department Store
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Stewart's Department Store Building | |
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Stewart's Department Store, March 2012 | |
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| Location | 226-232 W. Lexington St., Baltimore, Maryland |
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| Coordinates | 39°17′31″N 76°37′10″W / 39.29194°N 76.61944°WCoordinates: 39°17′31″N 76°37′10″W / 39.29194°N 76.61944°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1899 |
| Architect | Cassell, Charles E. |
| Architectural style | Renaissance |
| NRHP Reference # | 99001078[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 3, 1999 |
Stewart's Department Store, also known as the Posner Building, is a historic department store building located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Catholic Relief Services is currently headquartered there.
Architecture
The Stewart's Department Store structure was designed in 1899 by Charles E. Cassell and is a six story brick and terra cotta steel-framed building detailed in a highly ornate Italian Renaissance Revival style. It features an exuberant ornamental detail includes fluted Ionic and Corinthian columns, lion heads, caryatids, wreaths, garlands, cartouches, and an elaborate bracketed cornice.
History
This building served as the flagship store for Stewart’s Baltimore operations and anchored Baltimore’s premier downtown retail location at Lexington and Howard Streets.[2]
Stewart's Department Store Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]
References
- 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ Betty Bird and Heather Ewing (November 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Stewart's Department Store" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
External links
- Stewart's Department Store, Baltimore City, including photo from 1998, at Maryland Historical Trust
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