The Baltimore Gas and Electric Company Building, often referenced as the Constellation Energy/BG&E Building, is a historic office building located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is a 21-story skyscraper designed by the Boston and Baltimore-based architectural firm of Parker, Thomas and Rice, and was constructed in 1916. Standing at 88 m (289 ft) it was tied with the Emerson Bromo-Seltzer Tower from 1916 to 1923 as the tallest building in Baltimore. It was constructed with a structural steel skeleton and tile arch flooring structure. The exterior is clad with gray granite and gray and white marble from the first through third floors (including the mezzanine) and glazed terra cotta in a Beaux-Arts Classical Style. It serves as the corporate headquarters of the Constellation Energy. The building includes sculptures at the fourth floor representing "knowledge", "light", "heat" and "power."
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.
A smaller addition was built in 1966, designed by Fisher, Nes, Campbell and Associates.
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