The Blair Building, also known as the Blair and Company Building, was one of New York City's earliest
skyscraper
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s.
History
It was constructed in 1902–1903. It was located at 24
Broad Street in the
Financial District
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of
Manhattan
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,
New York City
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, and had a white marble facade. It was built by
Andrew J. Robinson Company. The ''
Architectural Record
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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
New York Stock Exchange Building
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