Downtown Wilmington Commercial Historic District is a national historic district in Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It encompasses 44 buildings in the city's downtown, most on North Market Street between 6th and 9th avenues. The district was the commercial center of the city between roughly 1870 and 1968, and contains an architecturally distinguished collection of late 19th- and early 20th-century architecture. The Grand Opera House, built in 1871, is the oldest surviving building in the district.
The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.
Contributing properties The district includes 45 contributing properties including 12 that are also individually listed on the National Register: North Market Street 600: Delmarva Power & Light Building 605: Crosby and Hill Building 700: Max Keil Building (1875) 703: Reynold's Candy Company Building 704-706: Braunstein's Building 709: Henry Townsend Building 712: Max Keil Building (1850) 800: Govatos'/McVey Building 818: Grand Opera House 838: Wilmington Savings Fund Society 839: F. W. Woolworth Building North Shipley Street 701: Foord & Massey Furniture Company Building
See also Lower Market Street Historic District Rodney Square Historic District National Register of Historic Places listings in Wilmington, Delaware
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