New York School of Applied Design for Women
- Architect
- Harvey Wiley Corbett
- Year
- 1892
- Style
- Neoclassical
- City
- Manhattan, NY
This 1892 building housed the New York School of Applied Design for Women, founded by Ellen Dunlap Hopkins to give working-class women a path into design careers. The current structure was designed by architect Harvey Wiley Corbett in a Neoclassical style and was designated a New York City Individual Landmark in 1977.
the style
The building's Neoclassical architecture reflects the institutional dignity Corbett gave to a school built specifically to train women in illustration, interior design, and ornamental design for manufacture.
More on Neoclassicalthe architect
Harvey Wiley Corbett designed this school building, one of several notable New York commissions that established him as a significant American architect of the era.
significance
The building was designated a New York City Individual Landmark (LP-00949) on May 10, 1977. The school itself later merged into the New York Phoenix School of Design and eventually the Pratt Institute; the building is now the site of Dover Street Market.
nearby
- New York School of Applied Design
- Saint Stephen's Church
- 33rd Street
- Colony Club
- 4 Park Avenue
- Hotel Seville (now The James NoMad Hotel)