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Baltimore Trust Company Building, 10 Light Street, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

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Baltimore Trust Company Building, 10 Light Street, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

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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

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Date

1929 - 1980

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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

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Location

Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 39.29038, -76.61219

Google Map of 39.2903848, -76.6121893

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Source

Library of Congress

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Link

http://www.loc.gov/

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