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Faust Brothers Building

Coordinates: 39°17′21″N 76°37′12″W / 39.28917°N 76.62000°W / 39.28917; -76.62000
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Faust Brothers Building
Faust Brothers Building, March 2012
Faust Brothers Building is located in Baltimore
Faust Brothers Building
Faust Brothers Building is located in Maryland
Faust Brothers Building
Faust Brothers Building is located in the United States
Faust Brothers Building
Location307-309 W. Baltimore St., Baltimore, Maryland
Coordinates39°17′21″N 76°37′12″W / 39.28917°N 76.62000°W / 39.28917; -76.62000
Arealess than one acre
Built1875 (1875)
ArchitectBennett, Benjamin F.
Architectural styleItalianate
MPSCast Iron Architecture of Baltimore MPS
NRHP reference No.94001383[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 7, 1994

Faust Brothers Building, also known as the Trading Post, is a historic retail building located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is a five-story brick commercial building with a cast-iron façade above an altered storefront, erected about 1875. It is the only known example of cast-iron fronts on the front and back sides.[2]

The Faust Brothers Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[1] It is included within the Baltimore National Heritage Area.[3]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Peter E. Kurtze (May 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Faust Brothers Building" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  3. ^ "Baltimore National Heritage Area Map" (PDF). City of Baltimore. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 22, 2013. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
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