Baudouine Building
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General information
Architectural styleClassical Revival
Location1181–1183 Broadway
Manhattan, New York City, New York
Coordinates40°44′43″N 73°59′20″W / 40.745208°N 73.988936°W / 40.745208; -73.988936
Completed1895
Height154 feet (47 m)
Technical details
Floor count11
Design and construction
Architect(s)Alfred Zucker
References
[1]
The "Little Parmassus in the sky" at the top of the building

The Baudouine Building is a historic building at 1181–1183 Broadway at the corner of West 28th Street in the NoMad neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. It was built from 1895 to 1896 as an office tower with street level store, replacing a hotel that had previously stood on the site, and was designed by Alfred Zucker in the Classical Revival style.

The building is notable for having a small Greco-Roman temple at the top, called "a little Parnassus in the sky" by chairwoman Sherida E. Paulsen of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission[2] It has extensive decorative motifs including escutcheons of anthemions with lion heads over many windows.

The Baudouine Building, which also carries the address 22 West 28th Street, lies within the Madison Square North Historic District created by the Commission in 2001.[3]

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Notes

  1. ^ "Baudoine Building". Emporis. Archived from the original on May 17, 2019.
  2. ^ Dunlap, David W. "A Future for Madison Square's Past", The New York Times (July 15, 2001)
  3. ^ Postal, Mathew A.; Presa, Donald G.; et al. "NYCLPC Madison Square North Historic District Designation Report" Archived 2017-02-25 at the Wayback Machine New York Landmarks Preservation Commission (June 26, 2001)

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