The Frances Building

 The Frances Building designed by C.P.H. Gilbert c. 1911 at 665 5th Avenue at 53rd Street in New York City.  Financed by Edward Holbrook, the building was designed to house a bank on the ground floor and offices above.  Click HERE for more on the Frances Building which has since been demolished.

Photos from Architecture & Building, 1912.

J.P. Morgan & Company

 'The Corner', or J.P. Morgan & Company designed by Trowbridge & Livingston c. 1913 at 23 Wall Street in New York City.  The building was later home to the Morgan Guaranty Trust Company.  Click HERE and HERE for more on the building and HERE to see it on google.

Photos from Architecture, 1914.

The Babies' Hospital of New York

The Babies' Hospital of New York designed by York & Sawyer c. 1902 at Lexington Avenue and East 55th Street in New York City.  Click HERE for Christopher Gray's Streetscapes column on the hospital and HERE to see the building on google street view.  Photo from Architectural Record, 1903.

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.

Aeolian Hall

Aeolian Hall at the Aeolian Building designed by Warren & Wetmore c. 1912 at 33 West 42nd Street in New York City.  The building housed the Aeolian Company, manufacturer of pianos and organs, and the hall was built to seat 1,100 people and hosted a variety of concerts.  Aeolian sold the building to the Schulte Cigar Stores Company in 1924 and hired Warren & Wetmore to design a new headquarters at 689 Fifth Avenue which was completed in 1927.  This building is now home to the State University College of Optometry.  Click HERE for more on Aeolian Hall and HERE for Christopher Gray's Streetscapes column on the building.  Click HERE to see the building on google streetview.

  

Photos from Architectural Record, 1912.

The New Jersey Zinc Company Building

 The New Jersey Zinc Company building designed by Henry J. Hardenbergh c. 1918 at 160 Front Street in New York City.  The building was the last design by Hardenbergh and was converted into rental apartments in 1978.  Click HERE for more on the New Jersey Zinc Company building and HERE to see it on google street view.

Photos from Architecture & Building, 1919.

The Sears, Roebuck & Co. Plant

 The Sears, Roebuck & Company Plant designed by Nimmons & Fellows c. 1904 in Chicago, Illinois.  The complex of buildings served as the company's headquarters until the mid 1970s and included a catalog printing plant and mail-order building that was the largest kind of its time.  George C. Nimmons designed later alterations and enlargements to the plant complex.  Click HERE for more on the Sears, Roebuck & Co. Plant.  Click HERE to see the only remaining portion of the mail-order building and HERE to see the administration building on google street view.

Photos from Architectural Record, 1919.

The National Park Bank

 The National Park Bank designed by Donn Barber c. 1904 on Broadway between Fulton and Ann Streets in New York City.  Click HERE for a NYTimes article on the opening on the bank building which has since been demolished.

Photos from Architectural Record, 1905.

The Bryant Park Studio Building

 The Bryant Park Studio Building designed by Charles A. Rich c. 1900 at 80 West 40th Street in New York City.  The building was constructed to house artist's studios and was commissioned by portraitist A.A. Anderson.  Click HERE to read the 1988 Landmarks Commission's designation report and HERE to see the studio building on google street view.

Photos from American Architect & Architecture, 1901.

The Monroe Building

The Monroe Building designed by Holabird & Roche c. 1912 on S. Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. Beginning in 2007 a new owner undertook renovations to modernize the building, click HERE for more. Click HERE to see the Monroe Building on google street view and HERE to visit the Monroe's website.

Photos from Architecture & Building, 1912.