Crosby and Hill Building

Crosby and Hill Building is a historic commercial building located at Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built about 1859, with the present facade added in 1920. It is a four-story, three-bay rectangular plan building of bearing wall brick construction. It has a flat roof with parapet wall. The building is an example of a late-19th century commercial building that was "modernized" in the first quarter of the 20th century. The building has housed a number of businesses including a pharmacy, the Household of Faith Church, the Crosby and Hill dry goods wholesaler and retailer, the Diamond Silk Shirt and Waist Company, the Wilmington Board of Trade Builders Exchange, and John's Bargain Basement Department Store Company.[2]

Crosby and Hill Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Crosby and Hill Building, June 2010
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Location	605 N. Market St., Wilmington, Delaware
Coordinates	39°44′32″N 75°33′1″W
Area	0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built	1859 (1859), 1920
Architectural style	Early Commercial
MPS	Market Street MRA
NRHP reference No.	85000148[1]
Added to NRHP	January 30, 1985

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]