One Calvert Plaza
One Calvert Place | |
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![]() One Calvert Place viewed from The Bank of America Building
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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 |
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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 Thompson-Starret Company |
Continental Trust Company Building
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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 | |
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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
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- ↑ One Calvert Plaza at SkyscraperPage
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External links
- Continental Trust Company Building, Baltimore City, including photo from 1984, at Maryland Historical Trust
- Historical Marker Database