Lewisohn Building
- Also Known As: Philip Lewisohn Building
- Address: 119 W 40th St
- Vicinity: 6th Ave
- Neighborhood of Theatre District NYC 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 |
| 1912/04/03 | Metropolitan Life | Loan | The New York Times reports that Philip Lewisohn has received a building loan of $1.1 million from the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co to build a 22-story skyscraper on the site of Mendelssohn Hall. | |||
| 1913/01/00 | Designed by Manicke and Franke Lewisohn Building opens. Early tenants include publisher F W Dodge Company and10 stories by the United States Printing and Lithograph Company of Ohio. | |||||
| 1913/01/00 | Rudolph Wurlitzer Company | Store | The Rudolph Wurlitzer Company of Cincinnati signs a long-term $250,000 least on the ground floor store and basement area. | |||
| 1913/01/05 | The New York American Annual Real Estate Review reports the Philip Lewisohn Building as "The largest commercial building north of 23d Street, being a whole block in depth." Originally planned to be a 12-story loft it had changed to a 22-story sky scraper. | |||||
| 1914/07/12 | Rudolph Wurlitzer Company | Office | Philip Lewisohn announces he will build a five-story annex at 120-122 W 41st Street for the Rudolph Wurlitzer Company. Before ground is broken, the organ company will sign a 21-year, $850,000 lease on the additional 20,000 square feet. | |||
| 1917/02/27 | William Bailey Howland | Died | Arriving at his office at 119 W 40th St, seemingly in the best of health, William Howland dies suddenly from heart disease. He is buried in Kinderhook, New York. | |||
| 1919/01/00 | P Lorillard Tobacco Company | Office | The P Lorillard Tobacco Company lease office space at the Lewisohn Building. | |||
| 1923/07/00 | William Randolph Hearst | Owner | Ku Klux Klan sues Hearst's International Magazine, whose offices are in the Lewisohn Building, after they publish a critical article based on documents the Klan claims were illegally obtained. The Klan did not deny the authenticity of the articles. | |||
| 1923/07/00 | Ku Klux Klan | Plaintiff | Ku Klux Klan sues Hearst's International Magazine, whose offices are in the Lewisohn Building, after they publish a critical article based on documents the Klan claims were illegally obtained. The Klan did not deny the authenticity of the articles. | |||
| 1960/00/00 | Notable music publishers J Fischer and Brothers lease office space in the Lewisohn Building. |
| Particulars for Lewisohn Building: | |
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| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Area of Significance | Commerce |
| Building Type | Commercial Skyscraper |
| Owner | Private |
| Architectural Style | Skyscraper Gothic |
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