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One Calvert Plaza / Continental Trust Building

 

                 photography: Rachel H. Sangree

 

 Structural Form:

High-rise office building; steel-framed building with a masonry facade
Engineer / Architect:

Daniel H. Burnham
Year Built:

1899
Location:

201 East Baltimore Street

Baltimore, MD  [Standalone Map]
Historical Details: Designed by a well-known Chicago architect in the "Chicago style", this building survived the 1904 Baltimore fire and briefly held the record for the tallest building south of New York.
Technical Details:

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References:

J. Dorsey and J.D. Dilts, A Guide to Baltimore Architecture (Third Edition), Tidewater Publishers, Centreville, MD (1997), p. 152. [more]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
References: J. Dorsey and J.D. Dilts, A Guide to Baltimore Architecture (Third Edition), Tidewater Publishers, Centreville, MD (1997), p. 152.

M.E Hayward and F.R. Shivers, Jr., the Architecture of Baltimore: An Illustrated History, The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore (2004), p. 224.