Philips-Thompson Buildings

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.

Philips-Thompson Buildings
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Former site of the Philips-Thompson Buildings, June 2011
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Location	200-206 E. 4th St., Wilmington, Delaware
Coordinates	39°44′22″N 75°32′59″W
Area	0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built	c. 1884 (1884)
NRHP reference No.	80000937[1]
Added to NRHP	April 16, 1980

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

References

1. "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

External links

• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. DE-213, "Phillips-Thompson Building, 200-206 East Fourth Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE", 23 photos, 26 data pages, 2 photo caption pages