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Reynold's Candy Company Building

Coordinates: 39°44′34″N 75°33′00″W / 39.742898°N 75.549908°W / 39.742898; -75.549908
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Reynold's Candy Company Building
Reynold's Candy Company Building, June 2010
Reynold's Candy Company Building is located in Delaware
Reynold's Candy Company Building
Reynold's Candy Company Building is located in the United States
Reynold's Candy Company Building
Location703 N. Market St., Wilmington, Delaware
Coordinates39°44′34″N 75°33′00″W / 39.742898°N 75.549908°W / 39.742898; -75.549908
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built1929; 95 years ago (1929)
Architectural styleBeaux Arts, Italian Renaissance
Part ofDowntown Wilmington Commercial Historic District (ID10000079[2])
MPSMarket Street MRA (64000105)
NRHP reference No.85000155[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJanuary 30, 1985
Designated CPMarch 24, 2017

Reynold's Candy Company Building is a historic commercial building located at Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, United States.[3][4] It was built in 1929 as a restaurant and candy factory. It is a three-story, three bay commercial building with a rectangular plan built of wall bearing brick construction. It features a curved cast metal canopy over the front doors, an ornate white terra cotta facade, terra cotta panels with stylized vine pattern relief, and is in the Beaux Arts style.[5]

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

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ McMahon, Kevin (September 9, 2016) [March 4, 2016]. "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Downtown Wilmington Commercial Historic District". National Park Service. National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved May 26, 2024.
  3. ^ "Reynolds Candy Company - built in 1928 at 703 Market Street in Wilmington Delaware - the building now houses Cavanaughs Restaurant". delawaredd.org. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
  4. ^ pls4e (July 16, 2018). "Cavanaugh's Restaurant (Reynolds Candy Store)". SAH ARCHIPEDIA. Retrieved December 16, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Alan Hawk (December 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Reynold's Candy Company Building". and Accompanying photo