Cary Building (New York City)

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Cary Building
Cary Building
Cary Building
Basic data
Place: New York City
Construction time : 1856-1857
Opening: 1857
Architectural style : Italian renaissance
Architect : King & Kellum: Daniel D. Badger
Use / legal
Usage : flat
Technical specifications
Floors : 5
address
Address: 105-107 Chambers Street

The Cary Building in New York City is a five-story cast iron structure located on the corner of Chambers Street and Reade Street . It was named after its former owner William H. Cary, who traded haberdashery here .

It was designed by Gamaliel King and John Kellum in 1856 and built that same year. It has been on the National Register of Historic Places since September 15, 1983 . Today the building is used for living, the upper rooms are mostly empty.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Report in the New York Times
  2. ^ Margot Gayle, Cast-Iron Architecture in New York, 1974.
  3. ^ National Register of Historic Places

Web links

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

Coordinates: 40 ° 42 ′ 55 ″  N , 74 ° 0 ′ 30 ″  W.