National Register of Historic Places

Cary Building

New York, New York County, New York
Listed
September 14, 1983
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
83001719

About this property

The Cary Building at 105-107 Chambers Street, extending along Church Street to Reade Street, in the Tribeca neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, was built in 1856–1857 and was designed by Gamaliel King and John Kellum ("King & Kellum") in the Italian Renaissance revival style, with the cast-iron facade provided by Daniel D. Badger's Architectural Iron Work. The five-story twin-facaded building was constructed for William H. Cary's Cary, Howard & Sanger, a dry goods firm. Although built as a commercial structure, the Cary Building is now residential. As a result of the widening of Church Street in the 1920s, a 200-foot-long wall of unadorned brick is now exposed on the east side of the building; as Christopher Gray observed in The New York Times, comparing the structure to cast-iron buildings with facades obscured by modern signage, "There is not too little of the Cary Building but too much." In 1973, the artist Knox Martin was commissioned to create a 280-foot canopy that wrapped around the building. Ada Louise Huxtable wrote in The New York Times: "...credited Knox Martin with the graphics, including the supersign on the building's side and the continuous, brightly patterned abstract awning sheltering the shops. It is a fine example of combining new with old for practicality, continuity and art." The building was designated a New York City landmark in 1982, and was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The building was once home to The New York Sun.

Location

105-107 Chambers St.
New York, New York County, New York
40.71527, -74.00782

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When was Cary Building listed on the National Register?

Cary Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 14, 1983.

What type of historic resource is Cary Building?

Cary Building is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Cary Building?

The period of significance for Cary Building is recorded as the industrial era.

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