National Historic Landmark-Tiffany and Company Building

National Historical Landmark-Tiffany and Company Building

Completed in 1906, this was until 1940 the home of the prestigious jewelry store, considered for half a century the leader of the jewelry trade in America.

Designed by McKim, Mead, and White as a ...

National Historic Landmark-Prudential (Guaranty) Building

National Historical Landmark- Prudential (Guaranty) Building

The last collaborative effort of its architects, the Prudential (1895) is a triumph of early skyscraper design.

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Rocky Mountain National Park Administration Building

Park visitor centers were the central planning and design element of the National Park Service's Mission 66 program. The Rocky Mountain National Park Administration Building (1967) was one of the most important commissions (other than those initiated by Wright himself) ...

National Historic Landmark - The News Building

National Historic Landmark - The News Building

This was the first modernistic free-standing skyscraper designed by Raymond Hood.

Built in 1929-30, the vertical -soaring- quality of the exterior marks one of the high points of skyscraper design that was to change ...

National Historic Landmark - New York Yacht Club Building

National Historic Landmark - New York Yacht Club Building

The home of America's oldest and foremost yachting organization (1844).

Established as a private man's club and renowned as the long-time home of the AMERICA's Cup, the structure (1900) is a ...

National Historic Landmark - New York Life Building

National Historic Landmark - New York Life Building

The New York Life Insurance Company, founded in 1841 as the Nautilus Insurance Company, has played a major role in the development of life insurance policies and practices.

One of the nation's ...

National Historic Landmark - New York Amsterdam News Building

National Historic Landmark - New York Amsterdam News Building

From 1916 to 1938, home of one of America's best known African-American newspapers.

During those years, the paper's circulation, national coverage, and national reputation grew.

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National Historic Landmark - National City Bank Building

National Historic Landmark - National City Bank Building

Home since 1908 of one of the country's most influential financial institutions, one of several formed in 1812 to fill the banking void created the previous year by the demise of the First ...

National Historic Landmark-McGraw Hill Building

National Historical Landmark-McGraw-Hill Building

The McGraw-Hill Building (1930-31) is the last of the pace-setting skyscrapers in New York by Raymond Hood.

The blue-green glazed terra-cotta blocks that give the building its distinct character represented the largest application of this material ever ...

National Historic Landmark-Main Building Vassar College

National Historical Landmark- Main Building, Vassar College

Constructed between 1861-65, this is one of the earliest and most successful expressions of the Second Empire style in the United States, and one of the few remaining grand-scale examples of the style.

It was ...