Stewart's Department Store, also known as the Posner Building, is a historic department store building located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Catholic Relief Services is currently headquartered there.ArchitectureThe Stewart's Department Store structure was designed in 1899 by Charles E. Cassell and is a six story brick and terra cotta steel-framed building detailed in a highly ornate Italian Renaissance Revival style. It features an exuberant ornamental detail includes fluted Ionic and Corinthian columns, lion heads, caryatids, wreaths, garlands, cartouches, and an elaborate bracketed cornice.HistoryThis building served as the flagship store for Stewart’s Baltimore operations and anchored Baltimore’s premier downtown retail location at Lexington and Howard Streets.Stewart's Department Store Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
