Faust Brothers Building

Faust Brothers Building

Faust Brothers Building, March 2012
Location 307-309 W. Baltimore St., Baltimore, Maryland
Coordinates 39°17′21″N 76°37′12″W / 39.28917°N 76.62000°W / 39.28917; -76.62000Coordinates: 39°17′21″N 76°37′12″W / 39.28917°N 76.62000°W / 39.28917; -76.62000
Area less than one acre
Built 1875 (1875)
Architect Bennett, Benjamin F.
Architectural style Italianate
MPS Cast Iron Architecture of Baltimore MPS
NRHP Reference # 94001383[1]
Added to NRHP December 7, 1994

Faust Brothers Building, also known as the Trading Post, is a historic retail building located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is a five-story brick commercial building with a cast-iron façade above an altered storefront, erected about 1875. It is the only known example of cast-iron fronts on the front and back sides.[2]

The Faust Brothers Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[1] It is included within the Baltimore National Heritage Area.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Peter E. Kurtze (May 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Faust Brothers Building" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  3. "Baltimore National Heritage Area Map" (PDF). City of Baltimore. Retrieved March 11, 2012.

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