Evening journal., 1919-11-05
TAKE PERMIT FOR
new SKYSCRAPER
Alfred |. DUPONT Building
Will Cost More Than
Million
TO BE 13 STORIES
ON MARKET STREET

Alfred l. dupont today toek out a
building permit for the construction
OF the new bank and oilce building he
intends 20 erect at the northeast corner
0f Ninth and Market streets.
The cost OF the structure is placed at
si22i00O This is the largest sum ever
specified IN a single permit granted by
the city, according 10 Ellis p. Preston,
building Inspector The total cost Of
the present dupont building. at Tenth
and Market streets, is far more than
that OF the new building FOR which per-
nit was granted today, but five differ
enl permits were taken out at different
periods for It's construction.
The proposed new structure at Ninth
and Market streets, which Will be
known as the Delaware Trust Com
pany building. VIII have a frontage Of
20 feet, Z and i-i6 inches on Market
street. 10 will extend along Ninth 90
King for a distance OF i96 feet and will
have a frontage on King street OF Y
feet and = inches
Il VIII be thirteen stories high on
Market street and fifteen stories on
King. Tho total height OF The building
viii Doe i0S feet on Market and iSS feet
ON King street
In construction. the specifications
filed today by Denis0n and Hirons,
architects, Of No. as Fifth avenue.
New York, call for a steel frame with
reinforced concrete. brick and stone
walls The fronts VIII be OF orna-
mental brick with stone trimmings.
AZ the corner OF Ninth and Market
streets there viii be a large entrance
10 lhe Trust Company banking rooms.
which VIII occupy the entire first and
second floors. This entrance has a
semi-circular top, With large grill and
lattice metal work and will extend up
ward two stories, Including a mezzan-
inc floor
There win be nearly 100 Offices In the
building. These will be reached from
an entrance either az the north corner
OF the Market street front. where four
passenger elevators are provided A
freight elevator and entrance 20 Il Is
planned for the King street front.
-Four stores are provided on the Ninth
street side. also one on the corner OF
Ninth and King streets. and three fac
Ing directly on King street. A barber
shop aud a lunch room are planned Tor
the basement, opening from Market
street.
Some weeks ago when talk concern
Ing the new building was rife. q was
reported the structure would contain
handsome and spacious auditorium and
club rooms for the Non-pariisan Voters
League. The auditorium. 70 was fur
Their asserted. would contain a pipe or
gam no such ambitious arrangement
however. g. provided for In the plans
as flled today.
The cliy's Zee Tor granting the per-
init was si225. Nothing was said to-
day concerning the award Of contracts
I Tor the building. or whether the work
I will be awarded 70 Wilmington c0ntrac-
tors or 20 outsiders. as was done in
I the case OF the design which was drawn
lby Denis0n q Hiron. the New York
architectural firm.
The plans filed today would indicate
that the new building VIII set back
eight feet further from the present
curb line than the Old Delaware Trust
building. which Is being torn down
such change viii allow for the
widening OF Market street from Ninth
% Tenth.
There also Is talk OF widening Ninth
street from Market 10 King, but the
plans do not show this