Chamber of Commerce Building (Baltimore, Maryland)

Chamber of Commerce Building
Chamber of Commerce Building, September 2012
Location 17 Commerce St., Baltimore, Maryland
Coordinates 39°17′20″N 76°36′36″W / 39.28889°N 76.61000°W / 39.28889; -76.61000Coordinates: 39°17′20″N 76°36′36″W / 39.28889°N 76.61000°W / 39.28889; -76.61000
Area less than one acre
Built 1904 (1904)
Architect Cassell, Charles E.
Architectural style Renaissance
NRHP reference # 83002929[1]
Added to NRHP February 2, 1983

The Chamber of Commerce Building is a historic office building located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is a Renaissance Revival-style red brick building five floors in height, eleven bays long and three bays wide, and built 1904-05. It was built during the rebuilding of the financial area in Baltimore following the Great Fire of 1904 and features many terra cotta decorative elements. The rebuilt structure was designed by Baltimore architect Charles E. Cassell.[2] The original pre-fire building was designed by John Rudolph Niernsee in 1880 and was used by the Corn and Flour Exchange, which maintained a trading floor on the fifth level.[3]

Chamber of Commerce Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Marc Schabb (March 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Chamber of Commerce Building" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  3. ↑ Dorsey, John; Dilts, James D. (1981). A Guide to Baltimore Architecture (Second ed.). Centreville, Maryland: Tidewater Publishes. pp. 84–85. ISBN 0-87033-272-4.


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