56 Pine Street – originally known as the Wallace Building after its developer, James Wallace – at 56-58 Pine Street between Pearl and William Streets in the Financial District of Manhattan, New York City, was built in 1893-94 and was designed by Oscar Wirz in the Romanesque Revival style.
56 Pine Street (Wallace Building) | |
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| Location | 56-58 Pine St. Manhattan, New York City |
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| Coordinates | 40°42′24″N 74°0′32″W / 40.70667°N 74.00889°W |
| Built | 1893-94[2][3] |
| Architect | Oscar Wirz[2][3] |
| Architectural style | Romanesque |
| Part of | Wall Street Historic District (ID07000063[4]) |
| NRHP reference No. | 03000848[1] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | August 28, 2003 |
| Designated CP | February 20, 2007 |
| Designated NYCL | February 11, 1997 |
The building's facade consists of brick, stone and terra cotta and features colonnettes, deeply inset windows and rounded arched openings.[2][3] The flowered panels and fantastic heads which embellish the building is "some of the finest Byzantine carving in New York."[3]
The building was designated a New York City landmark in 1997 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. It is also a contributing property to the Wall Street Historic District, a NRHP district created in 2007.[4]
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- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b c White, Norval; Willensky, Elliot; Leadon, Fran (2010). AIA Guide to New York City (5th ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. p. 36. ISBN 978-0-19538-386-7.
- ^ a b c d New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission; Dolkart, Andrew S.; Postal, Matthew A. (2009). Postal, Matthew A. (ed.). Guide to New York City Landmarks (4th ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-470-28963-1.
- ^ a b Howe, Kathy (August 3, 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Wall Street Historic District". National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved July 7, 2024 – via National Archives.
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