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202: 400: 372: 219: 244: 384: 26: 251: 226: 349:, which renamed it The Playhouse on Rodney Square. The entire structure and the hotel business were then sold to Wilmington-based developer Buccini/Pollin in January 2018. The new owners have leased the building's office space back to Chemours, will continue to lease The Playhouse to The Grand Opera House, and have promised to keep the hotel operating. 322:. 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 du Pont. (Hotel du Pont is a member of 1048: 338:, 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 333:
Until early 2015, the building housed DuPont's headquarters. In December 2014, DuPont announced that it would move and consolidate its corporate headquarters at its nearby Chestnut Run Plaza site and that
330:.) 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 feet (38 m). 988: 655: 371: 399: 1013: 357: 1003: 1033: 534: 318:. 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 468: 1038: 637: 346: 327: 271: 383: 184: 1043: 1008: 64: 243: 698: 561: 447: 201: 218: 881: 993: 618: 765: 416: 442: 589: 1023: 281: 345:
Under pressure from activist shareholders, the company first leased the building's DuPont Playhouse in January 2015 to the
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The DuPont Building (center left) and the Nemours Building (right) in 2006.
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Hotel du Pont Story: Wilmington, Delaware, 1911–1981
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Wilmington, Delaware
Coordinates
39°44′46″N 75°32′52″W / 39.74611°N 75.54778°W / 39.74611; -75.54778
U.S. Historic district
Contributing property
Postcard of a black and white photo with hand-coloring showing the building in front of a square with antique cars parked throughout
DuPont Building is located in Delaware
DuPont Building is located in the United States
Italian Renaissance Revival
Rodney Square Historic District
ID11000522
Wilmington, Delaware
Rodney Square
DuPont
Historic Hotels of America
National Trust for Historic Preservation
The Chemours Company
M&T Bank
Grand Opera House
Joe Biden
1972 United States Senate election in Delaware
The DuPont Building (center left) and the Nemours Building (right) in 2006.
The corner of Market and 10th with the Wilmington Trust branch.
Wilmington Trust
Postcard of the lobby, circa 1930-1945
List of Historic Hotels of America
"National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Rodney Square Historic District"
National Archives
National Register of Historic Places

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