Beekman Tower
- Architect
- John Mead Howells
- Year
- 1928
- Style
- Art Deco
- City
- Manhattan, NY
Beekman Tower, also known as the Panhellenic Tower, is a 26-story Art Deco skyscraper at the corner of First Avenue and East 49th Street, built between 1927 and 1928 to a design by John Mead Howells. It was built for the Panhellenic Association's New York chapter as a club and hotel for women in college sororities, but a lack of patronage led it to open to non-sorority women and men by the mid-1930s before it was converted into a hotel and later into corporate apartments.
the building
Setbacks and chamfered corners. The tower's massing uses numerous setbacks and chamfered corners, abutting the boundaries of its lot at the northeast corner of First Avenue and Mitchell Place, with a frontage of 81 feet on First Avenue and 126 feet on Mitchell Place.
Sculptural ornament by Chambellan. Rene Paul Chambellan designed the building's sculptural ornamentation in the Art Deco style with Gothic influences.
the style
Howells designed the tower in the Art Deco style, its setback massing and chamfered corners paired with Chambellan's ornament, which blends Art Deco forms with Gothic influences.
More on Art Decothe architect
John Mead Howells designed Beekman Tower, built for the Panhellenic Association between 1927 and 1928.
significance
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission designated Beekman Tower an official city landmark in 1998.
nearby
- River House (New York City)
- Rockefeller Guest House
- United Nations General Assembly Building
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