Gorham Building
- Architects
- Stanford White McKim, Mead & White
- Year
- 1903
- Style
- Renaissance Revival
- City
- Manhattan, NY
The Gorham Building at 390 Fifth Avenue, on the corner of West 36th Street, is an Italian Renaissance Revival palazzo designed by McKim, Mead & White, with Stanford White as the partner in charge, built in 1904-1906. It was named for the Gorham Manufacturing Company, a major maker of sterling and silverplate, which occupied the building from 1905 to 1923.
the building
Bronze and copper detailing. The building features bronze ornamentation and a copper cornice, materials chosen to suit its original tenant, a silver and sterling manufacturer.
A changing storefront. The building later housed Russeks department store from 1924 to 1959 and then Spear Securities from 1960, whose occupancy brought significant alterations to the street-level facade.
the style
The building is designed in the Italian Renaissance Revival style, taking the form of a Fifth Avenue palazzo.
More on Renaissance Revivalthe architect
Stanford White led the design for McKim, Mead & White, the era's preeminent firm for grand Renaissance-inspired commercial and institutional buildings in New York.
significance
The Gorham Building was designated a New York City landmark in 1998, after its lower floors had already been significantly altered from the original design.
nearby
- Empire State Building
- B. Altman and Company Building
- Joseph Raphael De Lamar House
- Pierpont Morgan Library and Annex
- Thomas and Fanny Clarke House
- Madison Belmont Building