Blair Building

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

1. History

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. It was built by Andrew J. Robinson Company. The Architectural Record ran an article about it in 1903 titled "A Beaux-Arts Skyscraper". 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. Henry W. Post was the building's structural engineer. He also worked on the Gillender Building. In 1928 the building was purchased to be part of the expanding New York Stock Exchange Building complex. Irving Underhill photographed the building in 1932. It was next to the adjoining Commercial Cable Building built in 1897 at 20 Broad Street.

1. See also

John Insley Blair DeWitt Clinton Blair C. Ledyard Blair

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Archival photos of the Blair Building Art Institute of Chicago

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Mills Building (New York City)

The Mills Building was a 10-story structure that stood at 15 Broad Street and Exchange Place in Manhattan, with an L-shaped extension to 35 Wall Street. It wrapped around the J. P. Morgan & Company Building at 23 Wall Street, on the corner of Broad and Wall Streets. George B. Post was the architect of the edifice. D.O. Mills, a San Francisco, California banker, owned the property. Mills built a palatial home in New York City, while maintaining a villa in Millbrae, California.

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Stock Exchange Luncheon Club

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