Now known as The Residences at Rodney Square, this Classical Revival tower rises above Market Street around you. Built in phases beginning at 9th and Market Streets in 1919–21, this original 13-story, 15-bay-by-15-bay, U-shaped steel-frame building was commissioned by William du Pont and Alfred I. du Pont to house the Delaware Trust Company and other businesses associated with the du Ponts. Designed by Dennison & Hirons, the original structure cost $1.2 million.
Take in the Classical Revival language: a watertable of gray granite, a limestone-clad two-story plus mezzanine base, and a shaft of buff-colored brick rising to a limestone cornice. On the Market Street elevation you’ll notice three monumental-scaled arched entrance openings, deliberately reminiscent of ancient Roman buildings. The building was later expanded in 1930 and at one point had a 22-story modern office building at its center that has since been removed.
Today the grand office and bank headquarters has been converted to residential use and was recognized on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. Picture the granite base rising to the buff-brick shaft and limestone cornice, and follow the arches lining Market Street.