US hospitality firm Method Co has turned a Gilded Age-era bank building into a boutique hotel in Wilmington, Delaware, which boasts the city’s first rooftop bar.
The Quoin offers 24 guest rooms within a four-storey Victorian Romanesque brownstone that was constructed as the Security Trust and Safe Deposit Company Building.
The lobby at The Quoin features a mixture of contemporary and Shaker-influenced furniture
Completed in 1885 by Philadelphia architect Frank Furness, the downtown building features original arched windows and mouldings that were preserved during the renovation, which Method Co‘s in-house team undertook in collaboration with Stokes Architecture.
“Pronounced ‘coin’, the name is derived from the Old French word meaning ‘corner’
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