Western Union Telegraph Building
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| Basic data | |
| Place: |
New York City , United States
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| Construction time : | 1872-1875 |
| Abort : | 1914 |
| Status : | Tore off |
| Architectural style : | Neo-baroque |
| Architect : | George B. Post |
| Use / legal | |
| Usage : | offices |
| Owner : | Western Union |
| Technical specifications | |
| Height : | 70 m |
| Floors : | 10 |
| Building material : | Structure: masonry , facade: terracotta |
| address | |
| Address: | 195 Broadway |
The Western Union Telegraph Building ( Western Union Building for short ) was a skyscraper in New York City . From today's perspective, its height of 70 meters seems comparatively small, but from 1875 to 1883 it was the tallest skyscraper in the world . It towered over Fettes College in Scotland, built six years earlier, by 10 meters, making it the first skyscraper in New York to claim the title of “tallest building in the world”. In 1890 the building burned down but was rebuilt. In 1899 the significantly higher Park Row Building was built in the immediate vicinity of the Western Union Building .
The building was used by the telecommunications company Western Union as the main administration and switching center, and the telephone operators employed there worked in shifts around the clock. The Western Union Building was in use until 1912. Since the building's statics decreased significantly after the reconstruction in 1890, it was only partially replaced in 1914 after two years of vacancy and later completely replaced by AT & T's corporate headquarters , which is no longer there today.
Web links
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| before | Tallest skyscraper in the world | after that |
| unknown | 70 m 1875-1883 |
Palace of Justice in Brussels |
Coordinates: 40 ° 42 ′ 39 " N , 74 ° 0 ′ 34.2" W.