Everett Building
- Architect
- Starrett & van Vleck
- Year
- 1908
- City
- Manhattan, NY
The Everett Building is a 16-story commercial structure at 200 Park Avenue South at Union Square, designed by Starrett & van Vleck and opened in 1908. Lead architect Goldwin Starrett had spent four years working for Daniel Burnham in Chicago, and the building reflects Burnham's functionalist philosophy, marking the development of fireproof commercial skyscrapers with open-plan interiors and simple, classical exteriors. It was designated a New York City landmark in 1988.
the building
Fireproof, open plan. The building helped establish the type of the fireproof commercial skyscraper, combining open-plan interiors with simple, classical exteriors rather than heavy historicist ornament.
the architect
Goldwin Starrett, lead architect of the Starrett & van Vleck firm, worked for Daniel Burnham in Chicago for four years before designing the Everett Building, carrying Burnham's functionalist approach to open-plan, fireproof commercial towers into this project.
significance
Designated a New York City landmark in 1988, the Everett Building was described by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, together with the former Germania Life Insurance Company Building across the intersection, as forming an "imposing terminus to Park Avenue South."
nearby
- Century Building
- W New York Union Square
- Bank of the Metropolis
- Samuel J. Tilden House
- Daryl Roth Theatre
- Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace