With a height of 117 feet, it was Wilmington's first skyscraper. Two years later and two blocks north, the Murchison Building became the second -- and tallest -- at 11 stories and 138 feet.

For two years, a skinny building in downtown Wilmington at the corner of Market and Front streets was the city's only skyscraper. ... The tallest is now the Skyline Center at 12 stories.