Century Building
- Architect
- J. William Schickel
- Year
- 1881
- Style
- Queen Anne
- City
- Manhattan, NY
The Century Building at 33 East 17th Street, also known as the Drapery Building, was designed by William Schickel and built in 1880-1881 for Arnold Constable & Company as a speculative development with no main tenant. It housed the headquarters of the Century Publishing Company from 1881 to 1915.
the building
Five floors and an attic. The building consists of five floors topped by a one-and-a-half-story attic, built in the Queen Anne style.
the style
Schickel designed the building in the Queen Anne style, one of the style's notable commercial expressions near Union Square.
More on Queen Annethe architect
J. William Schickel designed the Century Building, completed in 1881.
significance
Left vacant in the late 1970s, the building was renovated into a Barnes & Noble bookstore in 1995. It was designated a New York City Landmark in 1986 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
nearby
- Everett Building
- W New York Union Square
- Bank of the Metropolis
- Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace
- Samuel J. Tilden House
- Gorham Manufacturing Company Building