Architectural style
Symmetry, sculptural detail, and formal entrances appear in Manhattan's Beaux-Arts buildings.
Compare the New York Public Library, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Grand Central Terminal. Their facades show how Beaux-Arts design was used for libraries, museums, and transportation buildings.
71 building histories
Residential · 1899-1901
1009 5th Avenue, New York, NY
This handsome Fifth Avenue mansion, prominently located at the southeast corner of Eighty-second Street, was built during the years 1899 to 1901. It is one of the few surviving houses which once formed part of an almost...
Read the storyResidential · 1900-01
1261 Madison Avenue, New York, NY
This grand apartment house, built in 1900-01, is a fine example of the French Beaux-Arts style which was popular at that time for large buildings such as this and for single-family dwellings. Gilbert Brown, a...
Read the storyCarriage House · 1903-04
165 East 73rd Street, New York, NY
The 165 East 73rd Street Building and its twin at No. 167 are fine examples of the type of private carriage house built during the late 19th and early 20th centuries in this area of Manhattan. They were constructed...
Read the storyCarriage House · 1902
178 East 73rd Street, New York, NY
The 178 East 73rd Street Building is a fine example of the type of private carriage house built during the late 19th and early 20th centuries in this area of Manhattan. Constructed in 1902 for John Connors, the carriage...
Read the storyCarriage House · 1906
179 East 73rd Street, New York, NY
The 177-179 East 73rd Street Building is a fine example of the type of commercial garage built in New York City during the early years of the 20th century, at a time when automobiles were beginning to supplant horses...
Read the storyResidential · 1899-1900
7 West 54th Street, New York, NY
This elegant residence was built in 1899-1900 for Philip Lehman, a prominent New York banker. Designed in the French Beaux-Arts style by architect John H. Duncan, it is a distinguished example of the fashionable town...
Read the storyHotel · 1902
61 West 44th Street, New York, NY
he Algonquin Hotel, which opened its doors in 1902, has played host to generations of famous men and women from the literary and theatrical worlds. Most often associated with the legendary Round Table — the group of...
Read the storyTheater · 1928
251 West 47th Street, New York, NY
The Barrymore Theater survives today as one of the historic theater interiors that symbolize American theater for both New York and the nation. Built at the end of the 1920s, the Barrymore was among the numerous...
Read the storyTransit · 1904
State St & Battery Pl, New York, NY
The Battery Park Control House is an entrance and exit for the Bowling Green Station of the Lexington Avenue Interborough Rapid Transit Line. It stands near the original shoreline of Manhattan Island, close to the site...
Read the storyResidential · 1929-30
307 East 44th Street, New York, NY
Designed by Raymond Hood, among the most prominent American architects of the twentieth century, and built in 1929-30, The Beaux-Arts Apartments is one of the earliest examples in New York City to reflect the trend...
Read the storyEducational · 1928
304 East 44th Street, New York, NY
Founded in 1893 by American architects who had studied at the prestigious Parisian Ecole des Beaux-Arts, the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects had a profound impact on architectural practice in this country by its...
Read the storyBank · 1900-02
126 Bowery, New York, NY
Completed in 1902, the Bowery Bank of New York is the earliest surviving building by the architectural firm of York & Sawyer in New York City. Located at the northwest corner of the Bowery and Grand Street, it is...
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 storyResidential · 1900-01
80 West 40th Street, New York, NY
The Bryant Park Studios constructed in 1900-01, is one of the earliest buildings in New York specifically designed to house artists' studios. The building's location across from Bryant Park and its generous windows with...
Read the storyCommercial · 1912-13
597 5th Avenue, New York, NY
The Scribner Building, built in 1912-13, is an elegant Beaux-Arts commercial structure by the eminent American architect Ernest Flagg. This was the second building Flagg designed-for the prominent publishing firm of...
Read the storyBank · 1922-24
58 Bowery, New York, NY
The monumental Beaux-Arts style building at the southwest corner of the Bowery and Canal Street was designed in 1922 by the respected architect Clarence W. Brazer (1880-1956) for the Citizens Savings Bank and completed...
Read the storyClubhouse · 1898-99
243 East 34th Street, New York, NY
The elegant building of the Civic Club, now known as Estonian House, was designed in the French Beaux-Arts style by Thomas A. Gray. Erected in 1898-99, the Civic Club building was commissioned by Frederick Norton...
Read the storyTransit · 1909
11 South Street, New York, NY
Viewed from a ferry boat approaching the tip of Manhattan, the monumental arched openings of the Municipal Ferry Terminal at the mouth of the East River appear like three tunnels opening into the canyons of the city....
Read the storyTransit · 1871
26 West 56th Street, New York, NY
Remodeled in 1907-08 by the noted architect Harry Allan Jacobs for investment banker Isaac Seligman and long occupied by banker E. Hayward Ferry and his wife Amelia Parsons Ferry, this highly intact former townhouse is...
Read the storyFirehouse · 1904-05
104 Duane Street, New York, NY
The Engine Company No. 7/Hook & Ladder Company No.1 Firehouse, designed in the Beaux-Arts style --or what at the time was described as the "modern French" style -. by the prominent architectural firm of Trowbridge &...
Read the storyFirehouse · 1905-06
215 West 58th Street, New York, NY
Engine Company Number 23, built in 1905-06, was designed by Alexander H. Stevens in a straightforward Beaux-Arts style that served as a model for subsequent firehouse design. The symmetry of the three story facade, its...
Read the storyFirehouse · 1898-99
363 Broome Street, New York, NY
Fire Engine Company 55 is a richly ornamented, mid-block firehouse, erected in 1898¬-99. It was the prominent New York architect R. H. Robertson's only commission for the New York City Fire Department and one of the...
Read the storyFirehouse · 1906-07
515 West 161st Street, New York, NY
Fire Engine Company No. 84 and Hook & Ladder Company No. 34, built in 1906-¬07, is a monumental building designed by Francis H. Kimball. The facade of Engine Company No. 84 and Hook & Ladder Company No. 34 is a...
Read the storyFirehouse · 1893
44 Great Jones Street, New York, NY
Dominated by a graceful arch, monumental in scale, this late Nineteenth Century Firehouse is a striking example of the French Beaux Arts style of architecture. A daring design in its day, the impressive facade contains...
Read the storyReligious · 1899-1903
1 West 96th Street, New York, NY
The First Church of Christ, Scientist, built in 1899-1903 at the northeast corner of Central Park West and 96th Street, was designed by the noted architectural firm of Carrere & Hastings and is in the finest tradition...
Read the storyHotel · 1902-04
17 West 32nd Street, New York, NY
The Aberdeen Hotel was built in 1902-04 as an apartment hotel to the designs of architect Harry B. Mulliken for the Old Colony Company, a real estate development firm. At that time, the Herald Square area was a center...
Read the storyBank · 1898-99
190 Bowery, New York, NY
The former Germania Bank building is an impressive Beaux Arts-style structure prominently located on the northwest corner of the Bowery and Spring Street. Built in 1898-99 to the designs of architect Robert Maynicke, it...
Read the storyPolice · 1905-09
240 Centre Street, New York, NY
Designed by the architectural firm of Hoppin and Koen, the former New York City Police Headquarters building at 240 Centre Street was built between 1905 and 1909 and stands today as one of New York City's most important...
Read the storyEducational · 1905-07
345 East 15th Street, New York, NY
The former Stuyvesant High School was built in 1905-07 as Manhattan's first "manual training" public school for boys, one of the educational reforms brought about by William H. Maxwell, first Superintendent of Schools...
Read the storyCommercial · 1911-12
1790 Broadway, New York, NY
This elegant, Beaux-Arts style, twenty- story office building was constructed in 1911- 12 for the United States Rubber Company at a time when the automobile was beginning to exert a powerful influence on American...
Read the storyCommercial · 1912
175 East Broadway, New York, NY
Constructed in 1912, the ten-story Forward Building remains to this day a towering presence within the context of its immediate Lower East Side neighborhood. Its only competitor for dominance, apart from the modern...
Read the storyResidential · 1902-05
641 5th Avenue, New York, NY
This distinguished building, 647 Fifth Avenue, located between 51st and 52nd Streets, is one of the few reminders of the residential character and Beaux-Arts splendor of this section of Fifth Avenue at the turn of the...
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 storyRecreational · 1898-1900
130 Pitt Street, New York, NY
The Hamilton Fish Park Play Center is among the most notable small civic buildings in New York City. Designed in 1898 by Carrere & Hastings, one of America's foremost architectural firms at the turn of the century, this...
Read the storyResidential · 1894-96
9 East 72nd Street, New York, NY
The prominent architectural firm of Carrere & Hastings was commissioned In the early 1890s to design this large townhouse for the merchant prince, Henry T. Sloane. This elegant house is an especially fine example of the...
Read the storyHotel · 1903-05
34 East 32nd Street, New York, NY
The St. Louis Hotel, constructed in 1903-05, as part of the midtown hotel district was built at a time of great expansion and development in midtown Manhattan. Close to shopping and entertainment districts, this area...
Read the storyHotel · 1902-05
2693 Broadway, New York, NY
Prominently situated at the corner of West 103rd Street and Broadway, the Hotel Marseilles is a distinctive Beaux-Arts style apartment hotel constructed in 1902-05, at a time when this section of Broadway on the Upper...
Read the storyHotel · 1897-98
1260 Broadway, New York, NY
The Hotel Martinique, a major work of the prominent designer Henry J. Hardenbergh, was constructed in three phases, in 1897-98, 1901-03, and 190911. Developer William R. H. Martin, who had invested heavily in real...
Read the storyHotel · 1092-04
4 West 31 Street, New York, NY
The Beaux Arts style Hotel Wolcott is a distinctive early 20th-century hotel in midtown Manhattan, located close to numerous sites for entertainment, business and shopping as well as various transportation methods....
Read the storyTheater · 1902-04
141 West 44th Street, New York, NY
The Hudson Theater survives today as one of the historic playhouses that symbolize American theater for both New York and the nation. Built in 1902-04, the Hudson was part of a burst in theater construction that shaped...
Read the storyResidential · 1901-03
346 West 89th Street, New York, NY
The imposing Isaac L. Rice Mansion, built in 1901-03, is one of two freestanding mansions to survive on Riverside Drive. As such it is a reminder of the period in the early 20th century when Riverside Drive was lined by...
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 storyResidential · 1901-03
123 East 35th Street, New York, NY
This imposing residence of Beaux-Arts design was built in 1901-03 for James and Harriet Lanier in the fashionable Murray Hill section of New York. Designed by the architectural firm of Hoppin & Koen, it remains one of...
Read the storyResidential · 1909-11
11 E 91st Street, New York, NY
The restrained elegance of this distinguished house, built in 1909-11, is a simplified expression of French Beaux-Arts Classicism. The architects, S. B. Parkman Trowbridge and Goodhue Livingston, were the senior members...
Read the storyCommercial · 1901-02
452 5th Avenue, New York, NY
The Knox Building, one of the finest Beaux-Arts style commercial buildings in the city, was designed by the notable New York City architect John H. Duncan. Built in 1902-02 as the headquarters of the Knox Hat Company,...
Read the storyTheater · 1909-10
203 West 46th Street, New York, NY
The Lunt-Fontanne Theater survives today as one of the historic theaters that symbolize American theater for both New York and the nation. Built in 1910 as Charles Dillingham's Globe Theater, and designed by Carrere &...
Read the storyTheater · 1903
157 West 45th Street, New York, NY
The Lyceum Theatre, the oldest playhouse in New York City still serving the legitimate stage, was opened on November 2, 1903, under the management of Daniel Froham. Designed by the firm of Herts & Tallant, which was...
Read the storyResidential · 1899-1901
2825 Broadway, New York, NY
Erected at the turn of the century, when the Upper West Side of Manhattan became the center of apartment house construction in the city, the Manhasset is one of the city's most imposing apartment houses. The building...
Read the storyHotel · 1901-02
14 West 44th Street, New York, NY
The Hotel Mansfield is a 12-story, red-brick and limestone Beaux-Arts style hotel located on the same prestigious Midtown block as the New York Yacht Club, the former Yale Club, the Harvard Club, the former Mechanics’...
Read the storyMuseum · 1880; Fifth Avenue facade 1902; later additions
1000 5th Avenue, New York, NY
The Met opened at its present site in 1880, in a Gothic building designed by Calvert Vaux and Jacob Wrey Mould. Later additions surrounded that first structure. The familiar Fifth Avenue facade and Great Hall, designed...
Read the storyResidential · 1862
36 East 38th Street, New York, NY
In 1902-03 the prominent architectural firm of Hoppin & Koen remodeled a c.1862 brownstone row house to create this impressive Beaux Arts style mansion for Middleton S. Burrill and his wife Emilie Neilson Burrill....
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 storyLibrary · 1898-1911
476 5th Avenue, New York, NY
The Central Building of the New York Public Library occupies a fabulous site, that has often been referred to as "the crossroads of the world". This majestic marble building, one of the masterpieces of the Beaux-Arts...
Read the storyClubhouse · 1913-18
370 Park Avenue, New York, NY
The club, first organized in 1873 as the Racquet Court Club, occupied a building at 55 West 26th Street. However, it was incorporated on February 21, 1890, as the Racquet and Tennis Club "to encourage all manly sports...
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 storyResidential · 1898-99
7 East 72nd Street, New York, NY
The Oliver Gould Jennings residence on East 72nd Street is an especially opulent and handsome example of a Beaux-Arts townhouse-. Designed in 1898 by the Paris-trained architects Ernest Flagg and Walter B. Chambers, the...
Read the storyClubhouse · 1900-01
32 West 44th Street, New York, NY
The former Yale Club of New York City Building is located along “clubhouse row,” West 44th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, its neighbors including the Harvard Club, New York Yacht Club, Association of the Bar of...
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 storyCommercial · 1897
56 West 14th Street, New York, NY
Located near the intersection of 14th Street and Sixth Avenue in the midst of New York City’s then-primary retail shopping district, Ladies’ Mile, the R.H. Macy & Co. Store, 14th Street Annex was the last phase in the...
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 storyReligious · 1893-94
157 5th Avenue, New York, NY
This handsome Beaux-Arts office building served for many years as the corporate home of Charles Scribner's Sons, the noted publishing firm now located in mid+own Manhattan. Built in 1893-94, it was designed by the...
Read the storyHotel · 1899--1904
2119 Broadway, New York, NY
This apartment-hotel in the grand French Beaux Arts style occupies the entire blockfront on the west side of Broadway between 73rd and 74th Streets. It rises on its conspicuous site to a height of seventeen stories....
Read the storyResidential · 1902-04
340 West 72nd Street, New York, NY
Prominently sited on the south side of West 72 Street at the foot of Riverside Park on Manhattan's Upper West Side, the Chatsworth Apartments and Annex are two exceptionally handsome apartment buildings that were...
Read the storyResidential · 1900-02
171 West 71st Street, New York, NY
This French Beaux-Arts style apartment house, located diagonally across Broadway from The Ansonia and harmonizing with it, evokes memories of Paris. It was erected by Hamilton Weed, a builder, in 1900-1902 and was...
Read the storyHotel · 1906
1470 Broadway, New York, NY
The Knickerbocker Hotel is one of the very few grand hotels in the Beaux-Arts style surviving in the Times Square area. Designed in 1901 by the firm of Marvin & Davis with the well-known Bruce Price as consulting...
Read the storyEducational · 1890
20 West 44th Street, New York, NY
The Mechanics' and Tradesmen's Institute as we see it today is the result of two major construction campaigns resulting in a coherent and sensitive design solution which blends monumental Beaux-Arts classicism with...
Read the storyResidential · 1899-1901
1 Riverside Drive, New York, NY
The Prentiss Residence, designed by noted architect C.P.H. Gilbert and constructed in 1899-1901, is an elegant Beaux-Arts style town house located on a prominent site at the intersection of West 72nd Street and...
Read the storyHotel · 1901-04
703 5th Avenue, New York, NY
The St. Regis Hotel is one of the most elegant and sophisticated Beaux-Arts style buildings in New York. Among the oldest of the early "skyscraper" hotels, it rises nineteen stories above the intersection of Fifth...
Read the storyResidential · 1901-02
311 West 72nd Street, New York, NY
The Sutphen Residence, designed by noted architect C.P.H. Gilbert and constructed in 1901-02, is an elegant Beaux-Arts style town house located on a prominent site at the intersec.•tion of West 72nd Street and Riverside...
Read the storyCommercial · 1903-04
128 East 13th Street, New York, NY
The former Van Tassell & Kearney auction mart is a three-story Beaux-Arts style building on the south side of East 13th Street, between Third and Fourth Avenues.
Read the storyResidential · 1900-01
294 Riverside Drive, New York, NY
Built in 1900-01, the 294 Riverside Drive House is a rare survivor which exemplifies the character of Riverside Drive from the time when it was developed with many luxurious single-family residences. Located between...
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