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
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
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