Charles Scribner's Sons Building
The Charles Scribner's Sons Building is a building in Manhattan , New York City located at 597 Fifth Avenue . It was built from 1912 to 1913 according to plans by Ernest Flagg in the Beaux Arts style and served as the headquarters of the Charles Scribner's Sons publishing house .
The many architectural details include four pillars, the bases of which are adorned with busts of four famous printers: Benjamin Franklin , William Caxton , Johann Gutenberg and Aldus Manutius .
The construction was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981 because it met architectural and historical criteria. The owners got it off the list in 1982.
The Benetton Group bought the building in the 1980s . Declining business forced Scribner to move to another New York borough where rental levels were lower before being acquired by Barnes & Noble . The building was then used by the Brentano’s bookstore , then a Benetton shop and now by Sephora , a cosmetics retailer. A&A Investment Co. acquired the Charles Scribner's Sons Building in 2006 and sold it to Thor Equities in 2011 .
The Scribner Building at 153-157 Fifth Ave. (at the 21st) was also built by Ernest Flagg in 1893.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Virginia Kurshan: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Charles Scribner's Sons Building . New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . April 1981. Archived from the original on April 1st, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 8, 2008. See also: Accompanying two photos, exterior, from 1980 . Archived from the original on April 1, 2012. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 10, 2013. and Accompanying nomination correspondence . Archived from the original on April 1, 2012. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
- ↑ Two-Building Sale Price Tops $ 1,000 per sq. ft.
- ^ Thor Equities to buy the Scribner Building for $ 108.5 million
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Coordinates: 40 ° 45 ′ 26.6 " N , 73 ° 58 ′ 40.1" W.