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Cary Building (New York City)
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The five-storey Cary Building (1856) is a cast-iron fronted building with twin facades on Chambers Street and Reade Street in New York City
. The partnership of Gamaliel King
and John Kellum
was apparently responsible for its design, which was cast in Daniel D. Badger
's Architectural Iron Works in Manhattan. The owner was William H. Cary, trading in dry goods as Cary, Howard & Sanger.
The City Landmark was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
in 1983. Built as a commercial structure, the Cary Building is now residential. As a result of widening Church Street in the 1920s, a 200-foot-long wall of unadorned brick is now exposed on the east side of the building; as New York architectural historian Christopher Gray
observed in the New York Times, comparing the structure to cast-iron buildings with facades obscured by modern signage, "There is not too little of the Cary Building but too much."
New York City
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. The partnership of Gamaliel King
Gamaliel King
Gamaliel King was an American architect who practiced in New York City and the adjacent city of Brooklyn, where he was a major figure in Brooklyn civic and ecclesiastical architecture for several decades.His practice began as a "builder" in Brooklyn in the 1820s: in 1823 he and Joseph Moser were...
and John Kellum
John Kellum
John Kellum was an American architect in practice in New York City.Kellum, born in Hempstead, Long Island, was trained as a carpenter; he was largely self-taught in architecture, and was taken into partnership in 1846 by the well-established New York architect Gamaliel King...
was apparently responsible for its design, which was cast in Daniel D. Badger
Daniel D. Badger
Daniel D. Badger was an American founder, working in New York City under the name Architectural Iron Works. With James Bogardus, he was one of the major forces in creating a cast-iron architecture in the United States...
's Architectural Iron Works in Manhattan. The owner was William H. Cary, trading in dry goods as Cary, Howard & Sanger.
The City Landmark was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1983. Built as a commercial structure, the Cary Building is now residential. As a result of widening Church Street in the 1920s, a 200-foot-long wall of unadorned brick is now exposed on the east side of the building; as New York architectural historian Christopher Gray
Christopher Gray
Christopher Gray is an American journalist and architectural historian noted for his weekly New York Times column "Streetscapes", about the history of New York architecture, real estate and public improvements...
observed in the New York Times, comparing the structure to cast-iron buildings with facades obscured by modern signage, "There is not too little of the Cary Building but too much."