Baltimore Trust Company Building, 10 Light Street, Baltimore, Independent City, MD
Summary
Significance: Baltimore's only "setback" skyscraper, the Baltimore Trust Building is a fine example of the Art Deco commercial style in America. The interior features mosaics by Hildreth Meiere, who designed many decorative features for New York's Radio City Music Hall and St. Bartholomew's Church.
Survey number: HABS MD-1119
Building/structure dates: 1928-1929 Initial Construction
Tags
skyscrapers
office buildings
u plan buildings
urban renewal
commerce
banking
fires
depressions
baltimore
trust
baltimore trust company
light street
maryland
history of baltimore maryland
equitable life insurance company
fidelity national bank
david fisher
raymond j funkhousner
historic american buildings survey
r mcgill mackall
mathieson company
howard may
hildreth meiere
j laurie ossman
james w rosenthal
william levering smith
r e lee taylor
samuel yellin
photo
ultra high resolution
high resolution
st bartholomew
saint bartholomew
architecture
american architecture
church architecture
building
church buildings
library of congress
Date
1929 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
taylor, R E, Lee
Fisher, David
Smith, William Levering
May, Howard
Funkhousner, Raymond J
Fidelity National Bank
Mathieson Company
Equitable Life Insurance Company
Meiere, Hildreth
Mackall, R McGill
Yellin, Samuel
Rosenthal, James W, photographer
Ossman, J Laurie, historian
Location
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
,
39.29038, -76.61219
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html