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House of the New York City Bar Association

Coordinates:40°45′20″N73°58′56″W / 40.75556°N 73.98222°W /40.75556; -73.98222
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Clubhouse in Manhattan, New York
United States historic place
Association of the Bar of the City of New York
44th Street facade (2024)
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Location42 West 44th Street,
New York City, U.S.
Coordinates40°45′20″N73°58′56″W / 40.75556°N 73.98222°W /40.75556; -73.98222
Built1896
ArchitectCyrus L. W. Eidlitz
Architectural styleNeoclassical
NRHP reference No.80002666[1]
NYSRHP No.06101.000405
NYCL No.0256
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJanuary 3, 1980
Designated NYSRHPJune 23, 1980
Designated NYCLJune 7, 1966

TheHouse of the New York City Bar Association, located at 42 West 44th Street inManhattan,New York, is aNew York City Landmark building that has housed theNew York City Bar Association since its construction in 1896.

History

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43rd Street Entrance of the New York City Bar Association Building,c. 1900

After the New York City Bar Association was founded in 1870, it housed itself in a series of buildings inLower Manhattan. By the 1890s, membership of the Association had grown to the point where its leadership began looking for a new House farther uptown. On December 11, 1894 the membership approved the acquisition of a large site between West 43rd and West 44th Streets for the construction of a new, larger building. The street, already home to theHarvard Club of New York City and theCentury Association, was considered by the members “specially adapted to our purposes” because of the other prominent clubs and societies in its vicinity.[2]

The architectCyrus L.W. Eidlitz, son New York City architectLeopold Eidlitz, was commissioned to design the building. Eidlitz had designed a number of landmark buildings throughout the country, includingDearborn Station in Chicago,Buffalo & Erie County Public Library,St. Peter's Church in theBronx, andBell Laboratories Building in Manhattan.

Construction was begun in early 1895 and completed 18 months later at a total cost of $584,700. The House was built in theneoclassical style, fromIndiana limestone. Thefaçade included elements of theDoric order on the bottom three floors,Ionic columns framing the fourth floor windows, andCorinthianpilasters on the fifth floor, creating ahistoricist “composite” ofclassical architecture.

The new House was considerably larger and grander than its precursors: it stood six stories tall; included a meeting hall with a seating capacity of 1,500; a reception hall with a standing capacity of 1,500; a library of over 50,000 volumes, and three additional floors of offices. The entrance hall and first floor stairways were constructed ofmarble, and the second floor hallway, reception hall, and meeting hall ofgranite, marble, andmahogany.

The Association opened the doors of its new House on October 8, 1896, with a gala of several thousand guests.The New York Times described it as “one of the most interesting and successful works of recent architecture…a work having the classical qualities of simplicity, purity, and serenity in a high degree.”[3]

The House was named aNew York City Landmark in 1966, and named to theNational Register of Historic Places in 1980.

Gallery

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  • The entrance hall of the New York City Bar Association, 2010.
    The entrance hall of the New York City Bar Association, 2010.
  • The entrance hall preserves the marble Ionic columns and tile mosaic floors of the original, 1896 Eidlitz design.
    The entrance hall preserves the marble Ionic columns and tile mosaic floors of the original, 1896 Eidlitz design.
  • The meeting hall of the New York City Bar Association, 2010.
    The meeting hall of the New York City Bar Association, 2010.
  • The reception hall of the New York City Bar Association, 2010.
    The reception hall of the New York City Bar Association, 2010.
  • A bust of Lord Russell of Killowen, executed by Thomas Brock in 1901. The bust was given to the Association in 1903, and now sits above a granite fireplace in the Association's library.
    A bust of Lord Russell of Killowen, executed by Thomas Brock in 1901. The bust was given to the Association in 1903, and now sits above a granite fireplace in the Association's library.

See also

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References

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Notes

  1. ^"NPS Focus".National Register of Historic Places.National Park Service. RetrievedJune 15, 2010.
  2. ^“The House of the Association.” New York, NY: The New York City Bar Association. October 8, 1996. p. 6
  3. ^“The House of the Association.” New York, NY: The New York City Bar Association. October 8, 1996. p. 10

Bibliography

  • “The House of the Association.” New York, NY: The New York City Bar Association. October 8, 1996.
  • Martin, George.Causes and Conflicts: The Centennial History of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. New York, NY: Fordham University Press, 1997.ISBN 0-8232-1735-3
  • New York City Bar Association Building History

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