Blair Building
Blair Building | |
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Alternative names | Blair and Company Building |
General information | |
Status | Demolished |
Architectural style | Neoclassical architecture |
Construction started | 1902 |
Construction stopped | 1903 |
Opened | 1903 |
Demolished | 1955 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Carrère and Hastings |
The Blair Building, also known as the Blair and Company Building, was one of New York City's earliest skyscrapers.
History
It was constructed in 1902–1903. It was located at 24 Broad Street in the Financial District of Manhattan, New York City, and had a white marble facade. It was built by Andrew J. Robinson Company. The Architectural Record ran an article about it in 1903 titled "A Beaux-Arts Skyscraper". It was demolished in 1955.
It was designed by Carrere and Hastings and Edwin Thayer Barlow of the firm was the supervising architect for construction. Henry W. Post was the building's structural engineer. He also worked on the Gillender Building.
In 1928 the building was purchased to be part of the expanding New York Stock Exchange Building complex. Irving Underhill photographed the building in 1932.
It was next to the adjoining Commercial Cable Building built in 1897 at 20 Broad Street.
See also
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- 1903 establishments in New York City
- 1955 disestablishments in New York (state)
- Beaux-Arts architecture in New York City
- Commercial buildings completed in 1903
- Buildings and structures demolished in 1955
- Demolished buildings and structures in Manhattan
- Financial District, Manhattan
- Former skyscrapers
- Skyscrapers in Manhattan
- Manhattan building and structure stubs