Chamber of Commerce Building (Baltimore, Maryland)
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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
.
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.
Chamber of Commerce Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1983.
Baltimore
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, Maryland
Maryland
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, United States
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. 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
Terra cotta
Terracotta, Terra cotta or Terra-cotta is a clay-based unglazed ceramic, although the term can also be applied to glazed ceramics where the fired body is porous and red in color...
decorative elements. The rebuilt structure was designed by Baltimore architect Charles E. Cassell
Charles E. Cassell
- Biography :He was born in Portsmouth, Virginia and trained as a naval architect. He received a degree in engineering from the University of Virginia at age 15. During the Civil War he served as a captain in the engineers corps, under General George Pickett of the Confederate States Army. After...
.
The original pre-fire building was designed by John Rudolph Niernsee
John Rudolph Niernsee
John Rudolph Niernsee was an American architect, the head architect for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. He was born as Johann Rudolph Niernsee in Vienna, Austria and immigrated to the United States in 1837, at age 22...
in 1880 and was used by the Corn and Flour Exchange, which maintained a trading floor on the fifth level.
Chamber of Commerce Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1983.
External links
- Chamber of Commerce Building, Baltimore City, including photo from 1983, at Maryland Historical Trust