American Tract Society Building, New York

The American Tract Society building is located at 150 Nassau Street, southeast corner of Spruce Street (144-152 Nassau Street and 2-6 Spruce Street), adjacent to Printing House Square. It was design by Robert Henderson Robertson, combining elements of the Romanesque and Renaissance Revival styles, and built between 1894 and 1895.

It is one of the earliest steel skeleton-frame skyscrapers in New York, partially of curtain-wall construction. With its twenty full stories high (plus cellar, basement, and three-story tower), it was also one of the city's tallest and largest skyscrapers upon its completion.

The American Tract Society was founded in 1825 to publish and distribute religious tracts and literature. Its first home was a building, in the same site, completed the following year. A new five-story Tract House was built in 1846-1847 on the same site. The first two stories were rented out. The Tract House was altered in 1871 -1872 with the addition of one story, a mansard roof with arched dormers. Demolition of the old Tract House began in March 1894, and a lot on Nassau Street to the south was purchased.

The Society moved out in 1914 and lost its building through foreclosure. The lower portion was leased to the publishers of the New York Sun, from 1914 to 1919 (main source: Landmarks Preservation Commission, June 15, 1999). Nassau Equities bought the building in 1998. In 1999, it was designated a New York City Landmark.