Daryl Roth Theatre
- Architect
- Henry Bacon
- Year
- 1907
- City
- Manhattan, NY
The Daryl Roth Theatre occupies a building designed by architect Henry Bacon and constructed in 1905–1907 as the Union Square Savings Bank. The bank was founded in 1848 as the Institution for the Savings of Merchants' Clerks and moved through several downtown locations before settling at this Union Square corner; the building later found a second life as an off-Broadway performance space that opened in 1998.
the building
Bank into theater. The four-story bank building now houses a theater accommodating 300 seated or 499 standing patrons, with an annex at 103 East 15th Street, the DR2 Theatre, seating 99.
the architect
Henry Bacon designed the Union Square Savings Bank building, completed in 1907, that now houses the Daryl Roth Theatre.
significance
The building is a New York City Landmark.
nearby
- W New York Union Square
- Everett Building
- Consolidated Edison Company Building
- Lincoln Building
- Century Building
- Bank of the Metropolis