The DuPont Building, occupying the entire block bound by 10th, 11th, Orange and Market streets, was one of the first high-rises in Wilmington, Delaware. It looks out over Rodney Square. The building was built in phases, with the original building constructed in 1908 fronting Rodney Square. At the time, the building housed the 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 when the Orange Street addition was added along with an additional two floors (bringing the floor count to 13 and the height to 124').
Until early 2015 the building housed DuPont's headquarters. In December 2014, DuPont announced that it was moving and consolidating its corporate headquarters at its nearby Chestnut Run Plaza site and that The Chemours Company, which spun off from DuPont in 2015, would move into the DuPont Building. As well as Chemours, the building houses The Playhouse on Rodney Square (formerly the DuPont Playhouse), the Hotel duPont, and a branch of M&T Bank.
Further reading
Hotel du Pont - Wilmington, DE - The DuPont Building occupies an entire block across from Rodney Square in downtown Wilmington, DE. It includes the Hotel du Pont with its ornate lobby, Green Room restaurant, and Gold Ballroom.
- Ayres, Harry V. (1981). Hotel du Pont Story: Wilmington, Delaware, 1911â€"1981. Wilmington, Del: Serendipity Press. ISBN 9780914988076.Â
References
External links
- Hotel du Pont
- DuPont Theatre
- DuPont Theatre records (1919â€"2001) at Hagley Museum and Library
