Beekman Tower

Manhattan, United States

Open to visitors

The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

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The Beekman Tower, a 26-story Art Deco skyscraper designed by John Mead Howells and built between 1927 and 1928, stands at the corner of First Avenue and East 49th Street in Midtown Manhattan. Originally commissioned by the Panhellenic Association as a club and hotel for women in college sororities, the building proved underutilized and opened to non-sorority members and men by the mid-1930s, eventually becoming a hotel and later corporate apartments. The structure exemplifies Art Deco design through its distinctive massing with numerous setbacks and chamfered corners that conform tightly to its lot lines. Sculptural ornamentation by Rene Paul Chambellan enriches the façade with Art Deco styling infused with Gothic influences. Designated a New York City Landmark in 1998, the Beekman Tower remains a notable example of early twentieth-century metropolitan commercial architecture.