Type Residential apartments Roof 88 m (289 ft) Height 88 m Floors 21 Added to NRHP 29 December 2003 | Completed 1916 Floor count 21 Opened 1916 Architectural style Beaux-Arts architecture Architect J. Harleston Parker | |
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Former names Baltimore Gas & Electric Building
Consolidated Gas Company Building
Lexington Street Building
West Tower
Constellation Energy/BG&E Building Location 39 W. Lexington St.
Baltimore, Maryland Similar One Calvert Plaza, Bank of America Building, Transamerica Tower, Emerson Bromo‑Seltzer Tower, Otterbein Church | ||
The Baltimore Gas and Electric Company Building is a historic office building located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is a 21-story skyscraper designed by the Boston and Baltimore-based architectural firm of Parker, Thomas and Rice, and was constructed in 1916. Standing at 88 m (289 ft) it was tied with the Emerson Bromo-Seltzer Tower from 1916 to 1923 as the tallest building in Baltimore. It was constructed with a structural steel skeleton and tile arch flooring structure. The exterior is clad with gray granite and gray and white marble from the first through third floors (including the mezzanine) and glazed terra cotta in a Beaux-Arts Classical Style. The building includes sculptures at the fourth floor representing "knowledge", "light", "heat" and "power."
Map of Baltimore Gas and Electric Company Building, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.
A smaller addition was built in 1966, designed by Fisher, Nes, Campbell and Associates.
It was purchased in 2006 and reopened in 2007 as luxury apartments complete with two penthouse levels by Southern Management Corporation.