Stewart's Department Store

Stewart's Department Store Building

Stewart's Department Store, March 2012
Location 226-232 W. Lexington St., Baltimore, Maryland
Coordinates 39°17′31″N 76°37′10″W / 39.29194°N 76.61944°W / 39.29194; -76.61944Coordinates: 39°17′31″N 76°37′10″W / 39.29194°N 76.61944°W / 39.29194; -76.61944
Area less than one acre
Built 1899 (1899)
Architect Cassell, Charles E.
Architectural style Renaissance
NRHP Reference # 99001078[1]
Added to NRHP September 3, 1999

Stewart's Department Store, also known as the Posner Building, is a historic department store building located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Catholic Relief Services is currently headquartered there.

Architecture

The Stewart's Department Store structure was designed in 1899 by Charles E. Cassell and is a six story brick and terra cotta steel-framed building detailed in a highly ornate Italian Renaissance Revival style. It features an exuberant ornamental detail includes fluted Ionic and Corinthian columns, lion heads, caryatids, wreaths, garlands, cartouches, and an elaborate bracketed cornice.

History

This building served as the flagship store for Stewart’s Baltimore operations and anchored Baltimore’s premier downtown retail location at Lexington and Howard Streets.[2]

Stewart's Department Store Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Betty Bird and Heather Ewing (November 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Stewart's Department Store" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.


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