Architect
Cass Gilbert's Manhattan work includes commercial towers and civic buildings.
Compare the Woolworth Building, United States Custom House, and New York Life Insurance Company Building. Their profiles and facades show the range of his work.
8 building histories
Residential · 1927-28
130 W 30th Street, New York, NY
Designed by the preeminent architect Cass Gilbert, and constructed in 1927-28, the 130 West 30th Street Building was built to accommodate offices, showrooms and manufacturing space. The 18-story structure was a...
Read the storyCommercial · 1899-1900
277 Broadway, New York, NY
The Broadway Chambers Building is located on the northwest corner of the intersection of Broadway and Chambers Street. Broadway is one of the oldest roads on Manhattan Island and sections of it predate European...
Read the storyClubhouse · 1930
14 Vesey Street, New York, NY
This building is four stories high, and above the third floor there is an attic story set back behind a handsome rail (balustrade) and roof deck. The building is an example of Federal Eclectic architecture. It is built...
Read the storyCommercial · 1926-28
51 Madison Avenue, New York, NY
The 40-story tower for the New York Life Insurance Company, one of the "big three" insurance companies, was designed by noted architect Cass Gilbert in 1926 and constructed in 1927-28. The building is Gilbert's third...
Read the storyResidential · 1916-17
200 West 57th Street, New York, NY
The Rodin Studios building, built in 1916-17, was designed by Cass Gilbert specifically for artists. Named for the most innovative living artist of the time, it represents a refinement on the earlier essays in that was...
Read the storyCivic · 1901-07
1 Bowling Green, New York, NY
The seven-story stone Custom House was designed in the Eclectic French Renaissance Style, Art and industry joined to produce one of the splendid buildings of its period. This is a truly monumental structure, and the...
Read the storyCommercial · 1905-07
90 West Street, New York, NY
The West Street Building, one of three major Downtown office buildings designed by Cass Gilbert, was built in 1905-07 for the West Street Improvement Corporation, a partnership headed by Howard Carroll. Carroll was...
Read the storyCommercial · 1911-13
233 Broadway, New York, NY
Cass Gilbert completed the Woolworth Building in 1913 for retailer F. W. Woolworth. Its Gothic ornament gave a modern commercial tower the appearance of a much older architectural tradition, earning it the enduring...
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