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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
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.

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Particulars for Lord and Taylor Ladies Mile Building:
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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