Adams Express Building

Exterior view

The Adams Express Building is a 33-story skyscraper in the financial district of Manhattan in New York City . It was built in 1912 according to the plans of Francis H. Kimball . Architecturally, the building on property 57–61 Broadway is part of the Chicago School . It is located south of the American Express Building and in close proximity to Wall Street .

history

The Adams Express Company , which had switched to financial performance , was planning to move to a better building as early as 1910. The originally planned 10 floors became more and more in the course of further planning, until it was finally over 30. The construction cost was $ 2 million. Kimball's design was based on Florentine architecture, especially at the end of the building.

During the Black Tom explosion , the building suffered severe damage, with a total of 300 windows broken.

Web links

Commons : Adams Express Building - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Emporis data overview
Information material on the company's history (English; PDF; 788 kB)

Individual evidence

^ Office for Metropolitan History, "Manhattan NB Database 1900-1986," (Retrieved July 8, 2012)
^ Patrick Bunyan: All Around the Town. Amazing Manhattan Facts and Curiosities . 2nd ed. Empire States Editions, New York 2010, ISBN 978-0-8232-3174-4 .

40.706986 -74.012697Coordinates: 40 ° 42 ′ 25.1 " N , 74 ° 0 ′ 45.7" W.

[1] Office for Metropolitan History, "Manhattan NB Database 1900-1986," (Retrieved July 8, 2012)

[2] Patrick Bunyan: All Around the Town. Amazing Manhattan Facts and Curiosities . 2nd ed. Empire States Editions, New York 2010, ISBN 978-0-8232-3174-4 .