Wilson Building
- Style
- Neoclassical
- City
- Philadelphia, PA
Built in 1926 in a Neoclassical style, the Wilson Building rises on North Broadway in Camden, New Jersey. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 24, 1990, and a renovation begun in 2009 gave it new life as home to Rowan University's Camden campus and other businesses.
the building
From offices to campus. A renovation begun in 2009 converted the 1926 building into space for Rowan University's Camden campus alongside other tenants, keeping its Neoclassical facade in active use rather than vacant.
the style
The building's Neoclassical facade reflects the formal, columned vocabulary common to commercial buildings of the 1920s, projecting institutional permanence on Camden's main commercial street.
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Listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 24, 1990.
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