Standard Oil Building, also known as the Stanbalt Building, is a historic office building located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is a 15-story Beaux Arts skyscraper designed by Clyde N. Friz (1867-1942), one of Baltimore's best-known Beaux Arts designers, and built in 1922. The steel-frame U-shaped office building is clad in limestone. It was built by the Standard Oil Company at a time when that business was once one of the nation's principal corporations, the dominant supplier of gasoline and fuels.[2]
Standard Oil Building | |
 Standard Oil Building, March 2012 | |
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| Location | 501 St. Paul St., Baltimore, Maryland |
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| Coordinates | 39°17′43″N 76°36′49″W / 39.29528°N 76.61361°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1922 |
| Architect | Friz, Clyde N. |
| Architectural style | Beaux Arts |
| NRHP reference No. | 00001461[1] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | December 1, 2000 |
| Designated BCL | 1999 |
Standard Oil Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1] In its later years as an office building, the building primarily housed offices for the City of Baltimore. Following an extensive, $25 million renovation, the building reopened as residential apartments in 2002 by the Southern Management Corporation.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ George E. Thomas (May 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Standard Oil Building" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
- ^ "Old Standard Oil Building gets apartment makeover". Baltimore Sun. 2002-10-17.
External links
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Media related to Standard Oil Building (Baltimore) at Wikimedia Commons
- Standard Oil Building, Baltimore City, including photo from 1999, at Maryland Historical Trust