Puck Building
- Architect
- Albert Wagner
- Style
- Romanesque Revival
- City
- Manhattan, NY
The Puck Building, at 295-309 Lafayette Street on the border of SoHo and Nolita, is a mixed-use commercial building designed by Albert Wagner in the Romanesque Revival style, with details drawn from the German Rundbogenstil. It occupies the full block bounded by Lafayette, Houston, Mulberry, and Jersey streets and was designated a New York City Landmark in 1983.
the building
Two sections, two Wagners. The building is composed of an original seven-story section to the north and a nine-story southern annex; the Lafayette Street facade was designed by Herman Wagner in a style matching the original building.
Puck on the facade. Sculptor Henry Baerer crafted two sculptures of the Shakespeare character Puck for the facade, a nod to the building's original tenant, the satirical magazine Puck.
Arcaded red brick facade. The red brick facade is divided vertically into bays of uniform width and horizontally into tiers of arcades, with wider arches toward the top and narrower ones near the bottom.
the style
The building's Romanesque Revival design draws on the German Rundbogenstil, or round-arch style, expressed here through its tiered arcades of round-headed windows.
More on Romanesque Revivalthe architect
Albert Wagner designed the original Puck Building, with the later Lafayette Street elevation designed by Herman Wagner in a matching style.
significance
The Puck Building is a New York City designated landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
nearby
- St. Patrick's Old Cathedral
- Fourteenth Ward Industrial School of the Children's Aid Society (Astor Memorial Building)
- Bayard-Condict Building
- Robbins & Appleton Building
- Bouwerie Lane Theatre
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