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Canton House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location:	300 Water St., Baltimore, Maryland
Coordinates:	39°17′20″N 76°36′39″W / 39.28889°N 76.61083°W / 39.28889; -76.61083Coordinates: 39°17′20″N 76°36′39″W / 39.28889°N 76.61083°W / 39.28889; -76.61083
Built/Founded:	1923
Architectural style(s):	Colonial Revival
Governing body:	Private
Added to NRHP:	December 13, 1978
NRHP Reference#:	78003140 [1]

Canton House is a historic office building located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is a four and a half story Colonial Revival-style building, with seven bays across the front façade and three bays across the side. The first story level is in marble and brick is laid in Flemish bond from the second story up. The main entrance features two fluted Corinthian columns. It was constructed in 1923 as the headquarters of one of Baltimore’s largest and most colorful businesses, the Canton Company, a business established in 1828 by Peter Cooper, most remembered for inventing and manufacturing the Tom Thumb steam locomotive.^[2]

Canton House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.^[1]

References

External links

• Canton House, Baltimore City, including photo from 1983, at Maryland Historical Trust

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