R. C. Williams Warehouse

The R.C. Williams Warehouse is a 10-story Modern Movement style building in Chelsea, Manhattan, New York City designed by architect Cass Gilbert.^[1][2] It is located on the west side of 10th Avenue between 25th and 26th Streets and was built in 1927–1928 for a wholesale grocery company, the R.C. Williams Company, which purchased the site for its new headquarters in 1926.^[2][3] The 215,000 square feet (20,000 m²) design^[4] is a smaller version of Gilbert's design for the Brooklyn Army Terminal; like the Army Terminal, the warehouse has a concrete façade divided into bays by columns.^[2] The building has a siding on the third floor which formerly provided access to the High Line railway for the loading and unloading of freight to the warehouse.^[2]

R.C. Williams Warehouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The building in 2013
Location	259-273 Tenth Avenue, New York, New York
Coordinates	40°44′58″N 74°0′12″W
Built	1927–28
Architect	Cass Gilbert
Architectural style	Modern Movement
NRHP reference No.	05000086[1]
Added to NRHP	February 24, 2005

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. Avenues: The World School, a private school, opened in the building in September 2012.^[4]

See also

• Austin, Nichols and Company Warehouse, also designed by Cass Gilbert, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
• Brooklyn Army Terminal, also designed by Cass Gilbert, in Sunset Park, Brooklyn