Downtown Wilmington Commercial Historic District

Historic district in Delaware, United States

United States historic place


Downtown Wilmington Commercial Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district


39°44′34″N 75°32′59″W / 39.74278°N 75.54972°W / 39.74278; -75.54972
Area	12 acres (4.9 ha)
Built	1870 (1870)-1968
Architect	Multiple
NRHP reference No.	100000790^[1]
Added to NRHP	March 24, 2017

Downtown Wilmington Commercial Historic District is a national historic district in Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It encompasses 44 buildings in the city's downtown, most on North Market Street between 6th and 9th avenues. The district was the commercial center of the city between roughly 1870 and 1968, and contains an architecturally distinguished collection of late 19th- and early 20th-century architecture. The Grand Opera House, built in 1871, is the oldest surviving building in the district.^[2]

The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.^[1]

Contributing properties

The district includes 45 contributing properties including 12 that are also individually listed on the National Register:^[3]

North Market Street
- 600: Delmarva Power & Light Building
- 605: Crosby and Hill Building
- 700: Max Keil Building (1875)
- 703: Reynold's Candy Company Building
- 704-706: Braunstein's Building
- 709: Henry Townsend Building
- 712: Max Keil Building (1850)
- 800: Govatos'/McVey Building
- 818: Grand Opera House
- 838: Wilmington Savings Fund Society
- 839: F. W. Woolworth Building
North Shipley Street
- 701: Foord & Massey Furniture Company Building

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "NRHP nomination for Downtown Wilmington Historic District". City of Wilmington. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
^ 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.