Philips-Thompson Buildings

Coordinates: 39°44′22″N 75°32′59″W / 39.73944°N 75.54972°W / 39.73944; -75.54972
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Philips-Thompson Buildings
Former site of the Philips-Thompson Buildings, June 2011
Philips-Thompson Buildings is located in Delaware
Philips-Thompson Buildings
Philips-Thompson Buildings is located in the United States
Philips-Thompson Buildings
Location200-206 E. 4th St., Wilmington, Delaware
Coordinates39°44′22″N 75°32′59″W / 39.73944°N 75.54972°W / 39.73944; -75.54972
Area0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Builtc. 1884 (1884)
NRHP reference No.80000937[1]
Added to NRHPApril 16, 1980

Philips-Thompson Buildings was a set of two historic commercial buildings located at Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. They were built about 1884, and were two three-story, red brick buildings. They had a row of square decorative terra cotta tiles divides the second and third stories. They featured a corbelled brick cornice and sunburst decorations capping the central bays. The buildings housed a wholesale farm supply company, wholesale grocers and produce shops.[2] The buildings have been demolished.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Sara C, Ramsey and Jean Athan (November 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Philips-Thompson Buildings". and Accompanying four photos

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