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Benson Building (Baltimore, Maryland)

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Built
  
1911 (1911)

Opened
  
1911

Architecture firm
  
Baldwin & Pennington

NRHP Reference #
  
80001782

Area
  
800 m²

Added to NRHP
  
26 March 1980

Benson Building (Baltimore, Maryland)

Location
  
4 E. Franklin St., Baltimore, Maryland

Architectural styles
  
Chicago school, Neoclassical architecture

Similar
  
Royal Farms Arena, National Great Blacks In, Homewood Museum, Balti Convention Center, Lloyd Street Synagogue

Benson Building, also known as the IPC Building, is a historic retail and office located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is on the corner of East Franklin and North Charles Streets. The main side is on Charles Street and has seven bays with store windows and entrances on the first floor, and office windows on the upper floors. The recessed storefronts feature bronzed aluminum infill panels above and below the glass panes. It was constructed in 1911 and the principal original occupant was C.J. Benson and Company, a local interior decorating and furniture establishment.

The Benson Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

References

Benson Building (Baltimore, Maryland) Wikipedia


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