Blair Building - Wikipedia

Blair Building
The Blair Building in 1932

Alternative names	Blair and Company Building
General information
Status	Demolished
Architectural style	Neoclassical architecture
Address	24 Broad Street, Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
Construction started	1902
Construction stopped	1903
Opened	1903
Demolished	1955
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Carrère and Hastings

The Blair Building, also known as the Blair and Company Building, was an early skyscraper in Lower Manhattan, New York City.

History

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It was constructed in 1902–1903. It was located at 24 Broad Street in the Financial District of Manhattan, New York City, and had a white marble facade.^[1] It was built by Andrew J. Robinson Company.^[2] The Architectural Record ran an article about it in 1903 titled "A Beaux-Arts Skyscraper".^[3] It was demolished in 1955.

It was designed by Carrere and Hastings and Edwin Thayer Barlow of the firm was the supervising architect for construction.^[4] Henry W. Post was the building's structural engineer. He also worked on the Gillender Building.^[5]

In 1928 the building was purchased to be part of the expanding New York Stock Exchange Building complex.^[6] Irving Underhill photographed the building in 1932.

It was next to the adjoining Commercial Cable Building built in 1897 at 20 Broad Street.^[7]^[8]

References

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^ King, Moses (1 October 2018). King's Views of New York City,A.D.1903: 400 Views. Sackett & Wilhelms Company. p. 20 – via Google Books.
^ Year Book of the Architectural League of New York, and Catalogue of the ... Annual Exhibition. 1907. p. 249 – via GoogleBooks.
^ A Beaux-Arts Skyscraper: The Blair Building, New York City by H.W. Desmond, Architectural Record 14 (December 1903) pages 37-43
^ North Adams, E. T. Barlow obituary Springfield Union, 9 July 1959 page 4
^ Landau, Sarah; Condit, Carl W. (1996). Rise of the New York Skyscraper, 1865–1913. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. p. 434. ISBN 978-0-300-07739-1. OCLC 32819286.
^ "BLAIR BUILDING SOLD TO STOCK EXCHANGE; Purchase Is Step in Move to Get Whole Block to Provide for Market Expansion. NOW CRAMPED FOR ROOM Deal for the Postal Telegraph Quarters Likely to Be Concluded Soon. NEW STRUCTURE IN VIEW Far-Reaching Plan Being Worked Out to Insure Adequate Trading Space Virtually Under One Roof". The New York Times. November 1928.
^ "New York Architecture Images- Commercial Cable Building". Nyc-architecture.com. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
^ "Old New York In Photos #86 - End Of Classic Lower Manhattan Skyline". Stuffnobodycaresabout.com. 24 March 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.

External links

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Archival photos of the Blair Building Art Institute of Chicago

Financial District

Manhattan, New York City

Buildings

West of Broadway/ State Street	1 Broadway 21 West Street 65 Broadway 90 West Street 88 Greenwich Street 94 Greenwich Street 125 Greenwich Street 130 Cedar Street 195 Broadway American Stock Exchange Building Barclay–Vesey Building Bowling Green Offices Building Castle Clinton City Pier A Cunard Building Downtown Athletic Club Empire Building Firehouse, Engine Company 10 and Ladder Company 10 James Watson House New York County Lawyers' Association Building Old New York Evening Post Building Robert and Anne Dickey House St. George's Syrian Catholic Church St. Paul's Chapel St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church Transportation Building Trinity and United States Realty Buildings Trinity Church Trinity Court Building Whitehall Building World Trade Center One 2 3 4 7 Perelman Performing Arts Center St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church Vehicular Security Center Westfield Mall
East of Broadway/ State Street	1 Hanover Square 1 New York Plaza 1 Wall Street 1 Wall Street Court 1 William Street 2 Broadway 2 New York Plaza 5 Beekman Street 14 Wall Street 15 Broad Street 15 William 17 State Street 19 Dutch 20 Exchange Place 23 Wall Street 25 Water Street 26 Broadway 28 Liberty Street 32 Old Slip 37 Wall Street 40 Wall Street 45 Broad Street 48 Wall Street 52 Broadway 55 Broad Street 55 Wall Street 55 Water Street 56 Beaver Street (Delmonico's) 56 Pine Street 60 Wall Street 63 Wall Street 63 Nassau Street 70 Pine Street 75 Wall Street 90–94 Maiden Lane 116 John Street 120 Wall Street 130 William 140 Broadway 150 Nassau Street 161 Maiden Lane 161 Water Street 170–176 John Street 250 Water Street Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House American Bank Note Company Building American Surety Building Bennett Building Broad Exchange Building Chamber of Commerce Building Continental Bank Building Continental Center Corbin Building Down Town Association Equitable Building Excelsior Power Company Building Federal Hall National Memorial Federal Reserve Bank of New York Building Fraunces Tavern Home Insurance Plaza John Street Methodist Church Keuffel & Esser Company Building Lee, Higginson & Company Bank Building Liberty Tower Morse Building New York City Police Museum New York Stock Exchange Building New York Times Building Park Row Building Potter Building
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Transportation

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Other transport	Downtown Manhattan Heliport Wall Street Skyport
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See also: Manhattan Community Board 1

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