page_title: List of DuPont historic sites along Delaware Route 141
section_title: The DuPont Building
hierarchical_section_title: List of DuPont historic sites along Delaware Route 141 / Delaware Route 52 / The DuPont Building
caption_attribution_description: English: DuPont Building, 1007 N Market St, Wilmington, Delaware, USA. Viewed from the south. A contributing property to the Rodney Square Historic District. This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 11000522
context_page_description: Along Delaware Route 141 there are a number of historic sites that trace the history of both the Du Pont family and the DuPont company. At the southwest end is DuPont’s Chestnut Run Plaza and at the northeastern end is the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children. Between are a number of sites on the National Register of Historic Places.
  The historic locations include equal portion of the history of the American chemical industry, the role of the DuPont family - their estates and gardens - and the philanthropy of a distinguished American family.
context_section_description: Heading south on Route 52 from Route 141, one enters Wilmington, Delaware, home to the headquarters of the DuPont Company. The most famous DuPont structure in Wilmington is the DuPont Building. The DuPont Building occupies the block bound by 10th, 11th, Orange and Market streets. It was one of the first high-rises in Wilmington, looking out over Rodney Square. The original portion of the building was constructed in 1908 and housed the corporate offices of DuPont. In 1913 the building was expanded into a "U" by adding wings along 10th and 11th streets, the DuPont Playhouse was added, and a portion of the original 1908 section was converted into the Hotel duPont. The final addition to the building occurred in 1923. The building houses DuPont's headquarters, the DuPont Theatre (formerly the Playhouse), the Hotel duPont, a bank and a number of small shops and offices.
caption: The DuPont Building on Rodney Square in Wilmington, Delaware
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