56-58 Pine Street Building

Year: 1894
Style: Romanesque Revival
City: Manhattan, NY

56-58 Pine Street, originally the Wallace Building, was built in 1893-94 for developer James Wallace and designed by Oscar Wirz in the Romanesque Revival style. It sits in the Financial District between Pearl and William Streets.

the building

Carved facade. The brick, stone, and terra cotta facade features colonnettes, deeply inset windows, and rounded arched openings, with flowered panels and fantastic carved heads described as some of the finest Byzantine-style carving in New York.

the style

Romanesque Revival (c. 1840–1900): Round arches revived in heavy rough-cut stone: squat columns, cave-like entrances, and deep-set windows.

significance

Designated a New York City landmark in 1997 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003; it is also a contributing property to the Wall Street Historic District, created in 2007.

nearby

60 Wall Street 220 ft · Postmodernism · 1989
70 Pine Street 280 ft · Art Deco · 1932
48 Wall Street 280 ft · Colonial Revival
40 Wall Street 390 ft · Art Deco · 1930
Federal Hall 0.1 mi · Greek Revival · 1842
Federal Reserve Bank of New York 0.1 mi · Renaissance Revival

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