Lord and Taylor Ladies Mile Building
- Address: 901 Broadway
- Vicinity: E 20th St
- Neighborhood of Flatiron District in Manhattan NYC
- Borough of Manhattan NYC in New York City
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1870/00/00 | James H Giles | Architect | A five-story French Second Empire style building with a cast iron facade is built for Lord and Taylor. Architect James H Giles features the cast iron instead of the more typical design of disguising it as stone. | |||
1870/11/28 | Lord and Taylor | Owner | Thousands of shoppers visit Lord and Taylor's third store. The retail emporium features hand operated elevators to lift customers to the upper floors. | |||
1880/00/00 | Clarissa Boehmer Miller | Life | A pregnant Clara Miller lunches on watercress sandwiches under the great mansard roof of the Lord and Taylor store on Ladies' Mile. Her favorite stores are the dress shops around Broadway and 20th Street. | |||
1915/00/00 | The cast iron main facade, now 897 Broadway, is removed and refaced in stone. |
Particulars for Lord and Taylor Ladies Mile Building: | |
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Area of Significance | Architecture |
Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
Sight Category | Building |
Area of Significance | Commerce |
Historic Use | Department Store |
Architectural Style | French Second Empire |
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