Emerson Bromo-Seltzer Tower

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name = Emerson Bromo-Seltzer Tower
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location = Baltimore, Maryland USA
lat_degrees = 39
lat_minutes = 17
lat_seconds = 15
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 76
long_minutes = 37
long_seconds = 15
long_direction = W
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locmapin=Maryland
architect = Joseph Evans Sperry
architecture = Romanesque
built = 1911
added = 1973
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The Emerson Bromo-Seltzer Tower was erected in 1911 at the corner of Eutaw and Lombard Streets in Baltimore, Maryland. It was designed by Joseph Evans Sperry and was constructed by Bromo-Seltzer inventor "Captain" Isaac E. Emerson. [ [http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/baltimore/b17.htm Baltimore: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary] ] It was the tallest building in Baltimore from 1911 until 1923. The design of the tower along with the original factory building at its base was inspired by the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy, which was seen by Emerson during a tour of Europe in 1900. [Dorsey, John & Dilts, James D., "A Guide to Baltimore Architecture" (1997) p. 172. Tidewater Publishers, Centreville, Maryland ISBN 0-87033-477-8] Systems engineering for the building's original design was completed by Henry Adams. The factory has since been replaced with a firehouse.The building's most distinctive feature are the four clock faces adorning the tower, on the North, South, East and West sides. The clock faces are adorned the letters B-R-O-M-O S-E-L-T-Z-E-R, while the Roman numeral numbers are less prominent.

From street-level to rooftop, the tower stands 288.7 feet (88.0 metres) high, [cite web|url=http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?searchID=38127185&offset=25|title=Baltimore Skyscraper Diagram|accessdate=2008-06-26|publisher=skyscraperpage.com] [cite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=emersontower-baltimore-md-usa|title=Emerson Tower, Baltimore|accessdate=2008-06-26|publisher=emporis.com] [cite web|url=http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=10406|title=Emerson Tower|accessdate=2008-06-26|publisher=SkyscraperPage.com] and was originally adorned with a 51 foot (15.5 metre) tall Bromo-Seltzer bottle, [cite web|url=http://www.spearsvotta.com/projects/bromo_seltzer_clock_tower.html|title=Historic Emerson Bromo-Seltzer Clock Tower in Baltimore|accessdate=2008-06-26|publisher=spearsvotta.com] cite web|url=http://www.bromoseltzertower.com/history.cfm|title=Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower|accessdate=2008-06-26|publisher=bromoseltzertower.com] glowing blue and rotating. Due to structural concerns however, the bottle was removed in 1936.

The tower was virtually abandoned in 2002, but in early 2007 the Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts began renovations to transform the building into 33 artists' studios.

ee also

*List of tallest buildings in Baltimore
*List of towers

External links

* [http://www.bromoseltzertower.com/ Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower]
* [http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/baltimore/index.htm Baltimore, Maryland, a National Park Service "Discover Our Shared Heritage" Travel Itinerary]

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title=Tallest Building in Baltimore with Constellation Energy Building (1916-1923)
years=1911—1923 88m
after=Silo Point