| Baudouine Building | |
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| Location | 1181–1183Broadway Manhattan,New York City,New York |
| Coordinates | 40°44′43″N73°59′20″W / 40.745208°N 73.988936°W /40.745208; -73.988936 |
| Completed | 1895 |
| Height | 154 feet (47 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 11 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Alfred Zucker |
| References | |
| [1] | |
TheBaudouine Building is a historic building at 1181–1183Broadway at the corner of West28th Street in theNoMad neighborhood ofManhattan inNew York City. It was built from 1895 to 1896 as an office tower with street level store, replacing a hotel that had previously stood on the site, and was designed byAlfred Zucker in theClassical Revival style.
The building is notable for having a smallGreco-Roman temple at the top, called "a littleParnassus in the sky" by chairwoman Sherida E. Paulsen of theNew York City Landmarks Preservation Commission[2] It has extensive decorative motifs includingescutcheons ofanthemions with lion heads over many windows.
The Baudouine Building, which also carries the address 22 West 28th Street, lies within theMadison Square North Historic District created by the Commission in 2001.[3]
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