Blair Building

The Blair Building, also known as the Blair and Company Building, was an early skyscraper in Lower Manhattan, New York City.

Blair Building
The Blair Building in 1932
Alternative names	Blair and Company Building
General information
Status	Demolished
Architectural style	Neoclassical architecture
Address	24 Broad Street, Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
Construction started	1902
Construction stopped	1903
Opened	1903
Demolished	1955
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Carrère and Hastings

History

It was constructed in 1902–1903. It was located at 24 Broad Street in the Financial District of Manhattan, New York City, and had a white marble facade.^[1] It was built by Andrew J. Robinson Company.^[2] The Architectural Record ran an article about it in 1903 titled "A Beaux-Arts Skyscraper".^[3] It was demolished in 1955.

It was designed by Carrere and Hastings and Edwin Thayer Barlow of the firm was the supervising architect for construction.^[4] Henry W. Post was the building's structural engineer. He also worked on the Gillender Building.^[5]

In 1928 the building was purchased to be part of the expanding New York Stock Exchange Building complex.^[6] Irving Underhill photographed the building in 1932.

It was next to the adjoining Commercial Cable Building built in 1897 at 20 Broad Street.^[7][8]

See also

• John Insley Blair
• DeWitt Clinton Blair
• C. Ledyard Blair