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116 John Street is a historic
office An office is a space where an Organization, organization's employees perform Business administration, administrative Work (human activity), work in order to support and realize objects and Goals, plans, action theory, goals of the organizati ...
tower at the southwest corner of John Street and Pearl Street in the Financial District of
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in New York City. It was built in 1931, and is a 35-story brick and
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building consisting of a three-story base, a 19-story shaft, and 12 upper stories that recede in a series of setbacks. The building features
Art Deco Art Deco, short for the French ''Arts Décoratifs'', and sometimes just called Deco, is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared in France in the 1910s (just before World War I), and flourished in the Unite ...
style design elements at the recessed entrances and in the lobby. Built as a speculative office building for insurance companies, the building interior was rehabilitated in 2013 and some floors converted to
apartment An apartment (American English), or flat (British English, Indian English, South African English), is a self-contained housing unit (a type of residential real estate) that occupies part of a building, generally on a single story. There are ma ...
s. ''Note:'' This includes ''See also:'' It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 2014.


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Office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Manhattan Art Deco architecture in Manhattan Office buildings completed in 1931 Office buildings in Manhattan Financial District, Manhattan {{Manhattan-struct-stub