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The Blair Building, also known as the Blair and Company Building, was one of New York City's earliest
skyscraper A skyscraper is a tall continuously habitable building having multiple floors. Modern sources currently define skyscrapers as being at least or in height, though there is no universally accepted definition. Skyscrapers are very tall high-ri ...
s.


History

It was constructed in 1902–1903. It was located at 24 Broad Street in the
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,
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, and had a white marble facade. It was built by Andrew J. Robinson Company. The ''
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'' ran an article about it in 1903 titled "A Beaux-Arts Skyscraper". It was demolished in 1955. It was designed by Carrere and Hastings and Edwin Thayer Barlow of the firm was the supervising architect for construction. Henry W. Post was the building's structural engineer. He also worked on the Gillender Building. In 1928 the building was purchased to be part of the expanding
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complex. Irving Underhill photographed the building in 1932. It was next to the adjoining Commercial Cable Building built in 1897 at 20 Broad Street.


See also

*
John Insley Blair John Insley Blair (August 22, 1802 – December 2, 1899) was an American entrepreneur, railroad magnate, philanthropist and one of the 19th century's wealthiest men. Early life John Insley Blair was born at Foul Rift in White Township, New Jerse ...
* DeWitt Clinton Blair * C. Ledyard Blair


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Archival photos of the Blair Building
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