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Whitehall Building

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Alternative names
  
Lesser Whitehall

Opening
  
1904

Height
  
79 m

Architecture firm
  
Clinton and Russell

Floor count
  
20

Completed
  
1904

Top floor
  
259 ft (79 m)

Opened
  
1904

Construction started
  
1902

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Type
  
Residential, Commercial Office

Location
  
Lower Manhattan, New York

Similar
  
The Whitehall Building, City Investing Building, Soldiers' and Sailors' M, Riverside Church, Hotel Astor

The Whitehall Building is a 20-story skyscraper located at 17 Battery Place, across the street from Battery Park in lower Manhattan in New York City.

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Map of Whitehall Building, New York, NY 10004, USA

History

The original building was constructed from 1902-1904 as a speculative office building designed by architect Henry Hardenbergh. It was named for Peter Stuyvesant's 17th-century home, "White Hall", which had been located nearby. It was converted to apartments in 1999.

One office tenant in the mid 20th century was the Moran Towing Company, operator of a fleet of tugboats. In the days before radio dispatching, a man high in the building would watch with a telescope for incoming ships, and then use a six-foot megaphone to shout instructions to the Moran tugboats docked at the Battery.

Annex

The annex, also known as Greater Whitehall, is a 31-story skyscraper located at 26 Washington Street, next door to the Whitehall Building. It was built from 1908 to 1910 as an extension to the Whitehall Building in response to the success of that building. The annex was designed by the architectural firm of Clinton & Russell. At the time of its completion, it was the largest office building in New York City.

The total ground area for the two buildings is 51,515 square feet (4,786 m2) according to a 1910 engineering record. Both were contracted by the George A. Fuller company.

The pair of buildings was designated a landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission on February 8, 2000.

References

Whitehall Building Wikipedia