361 Broadway Building
- Architect
- W. Wheeler Smith
- Year
- 1881
- Style
- Italianate
- City
- Manhattan, NY
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361 Broadway, at the corner of Franklin Street in Tribeca, was built in 1881-82 to designs by W. Wheeler Smith in the Italianate style, with a cast-iron facade considered a strong late example of the type. Long known as the James White Building, it housed the offices of Scientific American from 1884 to 1915 and was primarily used for the textile trade.
the building
Cast-iron facade. The building's Italianate front is executed in cast iron, restored beginning in 2009 after decades of use, and cited as a good example of late cast-iron architecture in the neighborhood.
Condominium conversion. In 2014, Shigeru Ban Architects announced plans to convert the building into the 13-unit Cast Iron House. The 2021 gut renovation removed the existing floor slabs, expanded the six-story structure to seven stories, and inserted double-height living spaces behind the restored facade.
the style
W. Wheeler Smith's Italianate design, executed in cast iron, was typical of Tribeca's commercial and manufacturing buildings of the period.
More on Italianatethe architect
W. Wheeler Smith designed the building in 1881; the record here notes only this commission for him.
significance
Designated a New York City Landmark on July 27, 1982, and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
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