Architect
Warren & Wetmore designed hotels, clubs, commercial buildings, and transportation buildings.
Start with Grand Central Terminal, designed with Reed and Stem. Compare it with the New York Yacht Club and Consolidated Edison Company Building to explore the firm's work at different scales.
12 building histories
Commercial · 1910-29
4 Irving Place, New York, NY
The Consolidated Edison Building, constructed in stages between 1910 and 1929 for the Consolidated Gas Company, predecessor to Consolidated Edison, and designed by the leading architectural firms of Henry Hardenbergh...
Read the storyCommercial · 1925-27
691 5th Avenue, New York, NY
The Aeolian Building was constructed in 1925-27 to the design of architects Warren & Wetmore for the Gould Realty Co., controlled by Commodore Charles A. Gould, a wealthy iron and steel manufacturer and property owner...
Read the storyTransit · 1913
89 East 42nd Street, New York, NY
Grand Central Terminal opened on February 2, 1913. The firms Reed & Stem and Warren & Wetmore designed the terminal, combining the practical demands of moving passengers with monumental public rooms. Its development...
Read the storyResidential · 1902-05
7 East 91st Street, New York, NY
The grandeur of the "Belle Epoque'' is reflected in this palatial residence built between 1902 and 1905 for steel manufacturer James A. Burden, Jr., and his wife, the former Florence Adele Sloane, a granddaughter of...
Read the storyCommercial · 1924-25
181 Madison Avenue, New York, NY
The Madison-Belmont Building, a transitional style building combining neo-Renaissance with early modern designs, incorporates many ideas from the growing European modern movement. The building was designed by the...
Read the storyCommercial · 1927-29
230 Park Avenue, New York, NY
The New York Central Building is the skyscraping counterpart of Grand Central Terminal. It was designed by the same architects in the same materials and Beaux-Arts style, simultaneously developing some of the depot's...
Read the storyClubhouse · 1899-1900
37 West 44th Street, New York, NY
A brilliant synthesis of the Beaux-Arts tenets of character and composition, the New York Yacht Club Building marked the debut of the noted New York architectural firm of Warren & Wetmore. Built in 1899-1900 in the...
Read the storyTransit · 1917-19
Park Ave & E 42nd St, New York, NY
Located at Park Avenue and 42nd Street, the Pershing Square Viaduct was constructed in 1917-1919. The viaduct extends from 40th Street to Grand Central Terminal at 42nd Street, linking upper and lower Park Avenue by way...
Read the storyTheater · 1926-27
256 West 44th Street, New York, NY
The St. James (built as the Erlanger) Theater survives today as one of the historic playhouses that symbolize American theater for both New York and the nation. Built in 1926-27, the St. James was designed by the...
Read the storyCommercial · 1924-25
113 West 57th Street, New York, NY
The sixteen-story Steinway Hall was constructed in 1924-25 to the design of architects Warren & Wetmore for Steinway & Sons, a piano manufacturing firm that has been a dominant force in its industry since the 1860s....
Read the storyCommercial · 1914
404 5th Avenue, New York, NY
The Stewart & Company Building, designed by Warren and Wetmore, is one of the firm’s most unusual designs. The 1914 building reflects the unusual combination of diverse influences such as the 18th century British...
Read the storyResidential · 1903-05
854 5th Avenue, New York, NY
Although this small town house is sandwiched between two large apartment buildings, their overpowering size cannot diminish the palatial scale nor the elegant grandeur of its architecture. Designed by an architect...
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