280 Broadway
- Architect
- Trench & Snook
- Year
- 1846
- Style
- Italianate
- City
- Manhattan, NY
280 Broadway, also known as the A. T. Stewart Dry Goods Store or the Marble Palace, was built from 1845 to 1846 for the merchant Alexander Turney Stewart, designed by Trench & Snook. It was New York City's first Italianate commercial building and the first department store in the United States. The building later housed the original Sun newspaper from 1919 to 1950 and has served as the central offices for the New York City Department of Buildings since 2002.
the building
A marble facade built for expansion. The facade is made of Tuckahoe marble and divided into sections, a design that let Trench & Snook's original store and its early-1850s annexes, along with later additions by "Schmidt" in 1872 and Edward D. Harris in 1884, all read as a unified whole. The ground level's pilasters and columns originally framed plate-glass walls, and the facade still carries a four-sided clock.
the style
Trench & Snook designed the building in the Italianate style, the first Italianate commercial building constructed in New York City.
More on Italianatethe architect
Trench & Snook designed the original 1845–46 store and its early annexes; later additions came from "Schmidt" in 1872 and Edward D. Harris in 1884.
significance
280 Broadway is a National Historic Landmark, a National Register of Historic Places listed place, and a New York City designated landmark.
nearby
- Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank Building
- Broadway-Chambers Building
- 287 Broadway Building
- Tweed Courthouse
- Surrogate's Courthouse
- City Hall