56_Pine_Street

56 Pine Street

56 Pine Street

Historic commercial building in New York, United States

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.

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The building's facade consists of brick, stone and terra cotta and features colonnettes, deeply inset windows and rounded arched openings.[1][2] The flowered panels and fantastic heads which embellish the building is "some of the finest Byzantine carving in New York."[2]

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.

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  1. [1]
    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.
  2. [2]
    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.
  3. [3]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.


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