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Mercantile Safe Deposit and Trust Company Building
| Engineer / Architect: | Wyatt and Sperry |
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| Location: |
Calvert and Redwood Streets Baltimore, MD |
| Year Built: | 1886 |
| Structural Form: | low-rise (brownstone) building, masonry load bearing walls, wrought iron |
| Historical Details: | The building survived the 1904 Baltimore fire, but sustained some damage when bricks from the Continental Trust Building fell through the skylight and set fire to the interior. |
| Technical Details: | The brick/brownstone walls are load bearing. There is some structural iron in the roof and basement. |
| Image Source(s): | Rachel Sangree |
| References: |
J. Dorsey and J.D. Dilts, A Guide to Baltimore Architecture (Third Edition), Tidewater Publishers, Centreville, MD (1997), p. 154; M.E Hayward and F.R. Shivers, Jr., the Architecture of Baltimore: An Illustrated History, The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore (2004), p. 212. |
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