Old New York Evening Post Building

Coordinates: 40°42′43″N 74°0′36″W / 40.71194°N 74.01000°W / 40.71194; -74.01000
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Old New York Evening Post Building
Vesey Street,
Manhattan, New York City
Coordinates40°42′43″N 74°0′36″W / 40.71194°N 74.01000°W / 40.71194; -74.01000
Built1906-07
ArchitectRobert D. Kohn
Architectural styleArt Nouveau
NRHP reference No.77000963[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPAugust 16, 1977
Designated NYCLNovember 13, 1965

The Old New York Evening Post Building is the former office and printing plant of the

Art nouveau buildings" ever constructed in the United States.[2]

The fourteen-story, stone-veneer building is "reminiscent of the buildings that line the boulevards of Paris", and was not copied from an existing building.

mansard roof, two stories high and four elaborate sculpted figures.[2] The statues depict the Four Periods of Publicity; two are by Gutzon Borglum, sculptor of Mount Rushmore, and two by the architect's wife, Estelle Rumbold Kohn.[4]

The New York Evening Post occupied the building until moving to the New York Evening Post Building in 1926.[5]

The building, which was later called the Garrison Building,

New York Landmarks Preservation Commission was headquartered in the building from 1980 to 1987.[2]

See also

  • List of New York City Landmarks
  • National Register of Historic Places listings in New York County, New York

References

Notes

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ a b c d Diamonstein, Barbarlee, The Landmarks of New York III, Harry Abrams, 1998, p. 283
  3. ^ "Old New York Evening Post Building Designation Report" New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (November 23, 1965)
  4. ., p.23
  5. ^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2015-07-01. Retrieved 2015-12-01. Note: This includes Larry Gobrecht (January 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Old New York Evening Post Building" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-12-01. See also: "Accompanying photos".
  6. ., p.67

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