40 Wall Street

Manhattan, United States

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Standing 927 feet tall on Wall Street between Nassau and William streets, 40 Wall Street is a neo-Gothic Art Deco skyscraper completed in 1930 as the headquarters of the Manhattan Company. Designed by H. Craig Severance with Yasuo Matsui and Shreve & Lamb, the building occupies an L-shaped site and features a limestone facade on its lower section with buff-colored brick above, punctuated by distinctive setbacks and recessed spandrels. A pyramid crowned with a spire caps its summit. The interior originally contained the Manhattan Company's double-height banking room, trading floor, board room, and vaulted basements; upper floors were leased to tenants, including private clubs and an observation deck on the 69th and 70th floors. Opened in May 1930, it briefly contended with the Chrysler Building for the title of world's tallest structure. The Great Depression left it largely vacant until 1944. The building is a designated New York City landmark and appears on the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing property to the Wall Street Historic District.

Architect

Yasuo Matsui H. Craig Severance Shreve, Lamb & Harmon

Movement

Art Deco architecture

Built: 1930
Type: skyscraper
Materials: granite, glass, steel
Heritage: New York City Landmark, National Register of Historic Places listed place
Height: 284 m
Place: Manhattan, United States

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Location

40.70694, -74.00972