Manhattan's Lost Historic Buildings

Manhattan has lost a huge amount of historic buildings since Dutch settles established New Amsterdam in the 17th century. The astonishing pace of its development did not allow most buildings to remain on this land for long. Manhattan's oldest surviving building, Fraunces Tavern, originally built about 1719, was partially destroyed by fire twice in the 19th century and was thoroughly renovated in the early 20th century. More: Historic Buildings in NYC ►

◄ Old City of New York

Lost Historic Buildings in Manhattan:

• Adelphi Hotel, Bowling Green ►

• Albemarle Hotel, Madison Square West ►

• Aldrich Court Building, Lower Broadway ►

• American Exchange National Bank ►

• American Express Building - Old, Broadway ►

• Assay Office Building, Walls Street ►

• Astor House, Broadway ►

• Astor Theater, Times Square ►

• Belmont Hotel, Park Avenue at 42nd Street ►

• Biltmore Hotel, Vanderbilt Avenue ►

• Bolkenhayn Apartments, 5th Ave. at 58th St. ►

• Boreel Building, 115 Broadway ►

• Brick Church, Beekman and Nassau streets ►

• Brick Church, Fifth Avenue at 37th Street ►

• Bryant Building, Evening Post, 55 Liberty St. ►

• Calvert Building, former Stuart House ►

• Century Building, 74 Broadway ►

• Chelsea Cottages, West 24th Street ►

• Chemical National Bank at 270 Broadway ►

• Church St. John the Baptist, Lexington Ave. ►

• Church of the Holy Trinity, old temple ►

• City Hotel, Broadway ►

• City Investment Building, 165 Broadway ►

• Columbia Building, 29 Broadway ►

• Delmonico’s Hotel, Broadway, Bowling Green ►

• Equitable Building - Old, Broadway ►

• Drexel Building, Wall Street and Broad St.►

• Domestic Sewing Machine Company Building ►

• Evening Post Building, 208 Broadway ►

• Everett House, Union Square ►

• Federal Hall, old City Hall ►

• Fifth Avenue Hotel, facing Madison Square ►

• Fourth Avenue Presbyterian Church ►

• Gaston, Williams and Wigmore Building ►

• German Winter Garden, Bowery ►

• Gillender Building, Nassau and Wall streets ►

• Gilsey Building, Broadway at Cortlandt St. ►

• Government House in Bowling Green ►

• Grace Church, original temple at Rector St. ►

• Grand Union Hotel, Park Avenue ►

• New York Herald Building, Broadway, Ann St. ►

• New York Herald Building, Herald Square ►

• Hoffman House - Old, Madison Square West ►

• Holt's Hotel, Fulton, Pearl & Water streets ►

• Hotel Bartholdi, Broadway, Madison Square ►

• Hotel Bristol, 5th Avenue at 42nd Street ►

• Hotel Majestic, Central Park West ►

• Hotel Manhattan, Madison Ave. and 42nd St. ►

• Hotel Marie Antoinette, Broadway, W 66th St. ►

• Hotel Netherland, 5th Avenue and 59th Street ►

• Hotel Savoy, 5th Avenue, East 59th Street ►

• Savoy-Plaza Hotel, replaced Hotel Savoy ►

• Hippodrome (Franconi) Madison Square ►

• Hippodrome (P.T. Barnum) Madison Square ►

• Hotel Vendome, Broadway, W 41st Street ►

• Hotel Windsor, Fifth Avenue, 46th Street ►

• Jerome Mansion, Madison Avenue ►

• John Harris house, the Common ►

• King's College, Church Street, Park Place ►

• Knickerbocker Trust Building, Broadway ►

• London Terrace, Old, West 23rd Street ►

• Liberty National Bank, 139 Broadway ►

• Madison Square Presbyterian Church (1854) ►

• Madison Square Presbyterian Church (1906) ►

• Madison Cottage, 5th Avenue, Madison Square ►

• Madison Avenue Building, Madison Square ►

• Madison Square Hotel, Madison Avenue ►

• Manhattan Life Building, Broadway ►

• Metropolitan Hotel, Broadway and Prince St. ►

• Murray Hill Hotel, 112 Park Avenue ►

• Mutual Life Building - Old, Broadway ►

• National Academy of Design, 23rd St. ►

• National Shoe & Leather Bank, Broadway ►

• Navarro Flats, Central Park South ►

• New Dutch Church, Nassau and Liberty streets ►

• New York Athletic Club - Old, C. Park South ►

• New York Athletic Club - Old, W 55th Street ►

• New York Produce Exchange, 2 Broadway ►

• New York Stock Exchange, old building ►

• New York Theater, Times Square ►

• North American Trust Co. Building ►

• North Dutch Church, Fulton St. and William St. ►

• NY Times (first) Building, Park Row ►

• Park Avenue Hotel, 32nd and 33rd streets ►

• Plaza Hotel - Old, Grand Army Plaza ►

• Pennsylvania Station, Midtown Manhattan ►

• Post Office Building, City Hall Park ►

• Produce Exchange Bank, Bowling Green ►

• Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Madison Avenue ►

• Rossmore Hotel, Broadway ►

• Saint John's Chapel, Varick Street ►

• St. Cloud Hotel, Broadway and 42nd St. ►

• St. Germain Hotel, later Cumberland House ►

• St. Nicholas Hotel, Broadway and Spring St. ►

• Saint Paul Building, Broadway at Ann St. ►

• Singer Building, Broadway ►

 

 

 

Early skyscrapers on Lower Broadway, looking north from Thames Street. Vintage postcard by Irving Underhill, about 1913. Singer Building, once the tallest skyscraper in the world, was demolished in 1968.

• Stuart House, Hotel Calvert, Broadway ►

• Studebaker Building, 1600 Broadway ►

• Tammany Hall, Nassau & Frankfort streets ►

• Tower Building, 50 Broadway ►

• Tribune Building (the first one) ►

• Tribune Building, Printing House Square ►

• Trinity Building, First Temple, Broadway ►

• Trinity Building, Second Temple, Broadway ►

• Twin Towers, World Trade Center ►

• Union League Club House, Union Square ►

• United Bank Building, Broadway, corner Wall St.►

• University of the City of New York, Washington Sq.►

• Vanderbilt House, Grand Army Plaza ►

• Waldorf-Astoria Hotel - Old, Fifth Avenue ►

• Washington Life Building, Broadway & Liberty St.►

• Western Union Telegraph Building ►

• Wilks Building, Wall Street, corner Broad St. ►

• World Building - Old, Park Row ►

• World Building, Printing House Square ►

• Worth House, Worth Square ►

• Yankee Stadium - Old, Bronx ►

• YMCA, East 23rd Street and 4th Ave. ►

All buildings were demolished.

Singer Building

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Manhattan's Lost Historic Buildings