New York School of Applied Design
- Architect
- Harvey Wiley Corbett
- Year
- 1909
- Style
- Neoclassical
- City
- Manhattan, NY
Designed by Harvey Wiley Corbett and completed in 1909, this Neoclassical building served the New York School of Applied Design, an institution founded in 1892 by Ellen Dunlap Hopkins to train women in design trades. It is both a National Register listing and a New York City Landmark.
the style
Corbett's Neoclassical design gave the school a formal civic presence suited to its mission of professional design education.
More on Neoclassicalthe architect
Harvey Wiley Corbett was a significant American architect responsible for this purpose-built school building.
significance
The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a New York City Landmark. The school later merged into the Phoenix School of Design and then Pratt Institute; the site is now occupied by Dover Street Market.
nearby
- New York School of Applied Design for Women
- Saint Stephen's Church
- 33rd Street
- Colony Club
- Hotel Seville (now The James NoMad Hotel)
- New York Life Insurance Company Building