Stieff Silver Company Factory is a historic
silver
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factory
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located at
Baltimore
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,
Maryland
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,
United States
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. It is a two-story nine-bay rectangular brick factory building, designed by
Theodore Wells Pietsch and built in two stages in 1925 and 1929. The exterior features a lighted sign flanking a central clock that rises above a
parapet
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ed roof. The Stieff Silver Company was the last of the Baltimore silverware manufacturers, operating between 1892 and 1999.
Stieff Silver Company Factory was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 2000.
References
External links
*, including photo from 1999, at Maryland Historical Trust
Stieff Silver Building – Explore Baltimore Heritage
Buildings and structures in Baltimore
Hampden, Baltimore
Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Baltimore
Industrial buildings completed in 1925
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