The Sohmer Piano Building, or Sohmer Building, is a Neo-classical  Beaux-Arts building located at 170 Fifth Avenue

Fifth Avenue (Manhattan)

Fifth Avenue is a major thoroughfare in the center of the borough of Manhattan in New York City, New York, United States. The section of Fifth Avenue that crosses Midtown Manhattan, especially that between 49th Street and 60th Street, is lined with prestigious shops and is consistently ranked among...

 at East 22nd Street, in the Flatiron District neighborhood of the New York City

New York City

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 borough

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 of Manhattan

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, diagonally southwest of the Flatiron Building

Flatiron Building

The Flatiron Building, or Fuller Building, as it was originally called, is located at 175 Fifth Avenue in the borough of Manhattan, New York City and is considered to be a groundbreaking skyscraper. Upon completion in 1902 it was one of the tallest buildings in the city and the only skyscraper...

. Designed by Robert Maynicke

Robert Maynicke

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 as a store-and-loft building for real-estate developer Henry Corn, and built in 1897-98 it is easily recognizable by its gold dome

Dome

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, which sits on top of a 2-story octagonal cupola

Cupola

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The building is located in within the Ladies' Mile Historic District

Ladies' Mile Historic District

The Ladies' Mile Historic District was designated in May 1989, by the New York City Landmark Preservation Commission to preserve an irregular district of 440 buildings on 28 blocks and parts of blocks in Manhattan, from roughly 18th Street to 24th Street and from Park Avenue South to west of the...

, and, acccording to the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission

New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission

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, is "characteristic of the later development phase of the District". It was named for the Sohmer Piano Company, which had its offices and showroom there early in the building's history. Other tenants included architects, publishers, and merchants of leather, hats, perfume and upholstery. It was converted to residential condominium apartments in the early 21st century, and its architectural features were restored between 2002 and 2005 by Bone / Levine Architects.