90 Church Street
- Architects
- Cross & Cross Louis A. Simon Swanke Hayden Connell Architects TRO Pennington, Lewis & Mills
- Year
- 1937
- Style
- Neoclassical
- City
- Manhattan, NY
90 Church Street is a federal office building filling a full block in Lower Manhattan, built between 1934 and 1937 to designs by Cross & Cross, Pennington, Lewis & Mills, and Louis A. Simon, then Supervising Architect of the Treasury. It houses the U.S. Postal Service's Church Street Station, serving the 10007 ZIP code.
the building
Limestone twin towers. The building has two towers clad in limestone, mixing stripped-down Neo-classical and Art Deco elements; a six-story addition was built on top in 1938.
the style
The facade blends Neo-classicism and Art Deco; the AIA Guide to New York City described it as unable to decide between the two.
More on Neoclassicalthe architect
Cross & Cross worked alongside Pennington, Lewis & Mills and Louis A. Simon, Supervising Architect of the Treasury, on the original design; Swanke Hayden Connell Architects and Brannen Associates led a later renovation for Boston Properties from the early 1990s through 2000.
significance
90 Church Street was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
nearby
- Saint Peter's Roman Catholic Church
- New York Evening Post Building
- 30 Park Place
- Saint Paul's Chapel and Graveyard
- Woolworth Building
- 3 World Trade Center