The Battery Building

The Battery Building designed by Clinton & Russell c. 1899 on State Street in New York City.  The building was adjacent to the Cass Gilbert designed Custom House (though predated it by 8 years) but was demolished in the 1970s.  Click HERE to see a c. 1910 photo of the Battery Building and Battery Park.  Photo from Architectural Record, 1901.

The Apthorp

 The Apthorp apartment house designed by Clinton & Russell c. 1906 on Broadway between West 78th and 79th Streets in New York City.  The building was financed by William Waldorf Astor and was built on a piece of the old Apthorp Farm that had previously existed on the Upper West Side.  The building was converted to condos in 2008.  Click HERE for Christopher Gray's Streetscapes article on the Apthorp.  Click HERE to see the Apthorp on google street view.

Photos from Architecture, 1908.

Otis Elevator Company Building Then & Now

 A Then & Now of the Otis Elevator Company Building designed by Clinton & Russell c. 1912 at 260 Eleventh Avenue in New York City.  The building is pictured above in 1912 and below 100 years later in 2012.  Click HERE for more on the Otis Elevator Company Building.

'Fair Oaks'

 'Fair Oaks', the John Giraud Agar estate designed by Clinton & Russell c. 1900 in New Rochelle, New York.  Agar, an attorney, was partner in the firm of Agar, Ely & Fulton.  He was also chairman of the Westchester Transit Commission, served as president of the Municipal Art Society and National Arts Club and was a noted leader in the reform political movement in NY.  Among many of his other duties were serving as president of the Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks, one time Assistant District Attorney appointed by President Garfield and trustee in the Mutual Life Insurance Company and Farmers Loan and Trust Company.  He died at 'Fair Oaks' in 1935 at the age of 79.  It appears the residence has since been demolished and replaced with a street named Agar Avenue.
  

Photos from Architecture, 1901.

The Otis Elevator Company Building

The Otis Elevator Company Building designed by Clinton & Russell c. 1912 at 260 Eleventh Avenue in New York City. Otis occupied the building from 1912 to 1973 housing offices on the top floors and machine shops and stock rooms on the lower floors. Click HERE to see the Otis Elevator Company Building on google earth.

Photos from The American Architect, 1912.

Graham Court

The Graham Court apartment house designed by Clinton & Russell c. 1901 on Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard (Seventh Avenue) between West 116th and 117th Streets in New York City. Funded by William Waldorf Astor, he would also hire Clinton & Russell to design the Hotel Astor (1904) and the Apthorp apartments (1908) in the following years. Click HERE for more on Graham Court and HERE to see the building on google street view.

Photos from Architectural Record, 1901.