Standard Oil Building (Baltimore, Maryland)

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
Location501 St. Paul St., Baltimore, Maryland
Coordinates39°17′43″N 76°36′49″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1922 (1922)
ArchitectFriz, Clyde N.
Architectural styleBeaux Arts
NRHP reference No.00001461[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 1, 2000
Designated BCL1999

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
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. George E. Thomas (May 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Standard Oil Building" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  3. "Old Standard Oil Building gets apartment makeover". Baltimore Sun. 2002-10-17.

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