The Wilbraham

Manhattan, United States

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The Wilbraham, a nine-story apartment hotel at the northwestern corner of Fifth Avenue and 30th Street in Manhattan's Midtown South, was designed by architects David and John Jardine and constructed between 1888 and 1890. Built as a speculative bachelor apartment hotel by Scottish-American jeweler William Moir, the structure exemplifies Romanesque Revival architecture with Renaissance Revival elements. Its facade is horizontally divided into three sections: the lowest two stories feature rusticated New Jersey brownstone blocks with storefronts, the third through sixth stories are clad in Philadelphia red brick, the seventh story in ashlar, and the eighth sits within a mansard roof. Originally containing 42 apartments and five servants' quarters—each bachelor flat comprising a bedroom, parlor, and bathroom but no kitchen, with communal dining on the eighth floor—the building's layout has been largely preserved. The Wilbraham served as headquarters for china and glass importer Davis Collamore & Co. from its 1890 opening and underwent renovation by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in 1934–1935. Designated a New York City Landmark and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it remains primarily residential.