Exchange Building, also known as Center Building, Center Hall, and the Grange Building is a historic commercial building located at

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. It was built in 1880 and is a three-story rectangular,

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coated building with a five bay facade. It features a deep

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enclosing the third floor and covered in

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in the

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style. A

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dated to about 1905 is located in the building's basement when, reportedly, a courthouse was located at this address. A

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shop has operated in the same location on the first floor of the Exchange Building for over 100 years. Klondike Kate's, a restaurant, occupies the rest of the ground floor. It was added to the

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in 1982.

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Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware Second Empire architecture in Delaware Commercial buildings completed in 1880 Buildings and structures in Newark, Delaware 1880 establishments in Delaware National Register of Historic Places in New Castle County, Delaware {{Delaware-NRHP-stub