Yorkville Bank Building
- Year
- 1905
- Style
- Renaissance Revival
- City
- Manhattan, NY
The Yorkville Bank Building, at 1511 Third Avenue on the Upper East Side, was designed by Robert Maynicke in the Renaissance Revival style and built for the Yorkville Bank in 1905.
the style
The Renaissance Revival design gave the bank a dignified, classically ornamented presence on Third Avenue, typical of the style's use for turn-of-the-century financial buildings.
More on Renaissance Revivalthe architect
Robert Maynicke designed the building; no further biographical detail is documented here.
significance
The building operated as a bank until 1991, when it was converted to ground-floor retail with a fitness center above. It was designated NYC Individual Landmark LP-02510 in 2012.
nearby
- Parsonage of the Church of the Holy Trinity
- Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
- East 80th Street Houses
- New York Public Library, Yorkville Branch
- 157 East 78th Street House
- House at 49 East 80th Street