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ROMBRO BUILDING

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1881, Jackson C. Gott. 22–24 S. Howard St.
  • (Alexander Heilner)

This is among the most highly embellished late-nineteenth-century industrial building in the area, exhibiting the influence of Néo-Grec with its squared geometry, robust fluted columns, and bold incised floral motif details. Nearly every inch of the building not consumed by floor-to-ceiling sash windows is represented by ornamental brick and terra-cotta and a decorative cast-iron storefront manufactured by the Variety Iron Works of Baltimore. Within its brick framework appear a tripartite arrangement of windows separated by slender Corinthian columns in contrasting stone. Although built for the Johnson Brothers, investment bankers, it is named for long-time owner-occupant Morris Rombro, whose name appears in the upper parapet. Rombro’s shirt-making manufactory operated here from 1919 until 1958. As with many such industrial buildings, it has been adapted for reuse as apartments.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Lisa Pfueller Davidson and Catherine C. Lavoie
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Timeline

  • 1881

    Built

What's Nearby

BROMO SELTZER ARTS TOWER (EMERSON BROMO-SELTZER TOWER)
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BALTIMORE EQUITABLE SOCIETY (EUTAW SAVINGS BANK OF BALTIMORE)
BREWERS’ EXCHANGE

Citation

Lisa Pfueller Davidson and Catherine C. Lavoie, "ROMBRO BUILDING", [Baltimore, Maryland], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/MD-01-BC36.

Print Source

Buildings of Maryland, Lisa Pfueller Davidson and Catherine C. Lavoie. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2022, 173-173.

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