The Hutzler Brothers Palace Building is a historic flagship

Flagship

A flagship is a vessel used by the commanding officer of a group of naval ships, reflecting the custom of its commander, characteristically a flag officer, flying a distinguishing flag...

 department store

Department store

A department store is a retail establishment which satisfies a wide range of the consumer's personal and residential durable goods product needs; and at the same time offering the consumer a choice of multiple merchandise lines, at variable price points, in all product categories...

 building located at Baltimore

Baltimore

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, Maryland

Maryland

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, United States

United States

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 and built by Hutzler's

Hutzler's

Hutzler's, or Hutzler Brothers Company, was a department store founded in Baltimore by Abram G. Hutzler in 1858. From its beginning as a small dry goods store at the corner of Howard and Clay Streets in Downtown Baltimore, Hutzler's eventually grew into a chain of 10 department stores, all of...

. It was constructed in 1888, with a south bay added in 1924. The original limestone Romanesque eclectic façade is three bays wide and five stories in height. The ground floor façade was redesigned in 1931 in the Art Moderne style. Hutzler's is believed to hold the record for longevity in an original location among American department stores, having been founded on this site in 1858.

Hutzler Brothers Palace Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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in 1984.

External links

• Hutzler Brothers Palace Building, Baltimore City, including photo from 1976, at Maryland Historical Trust