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Tiffany and Company Building

  • Also Known As: Tiffany Building

  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building

The Tiffany and Company Building in Midtown South Central in Manhattan was the home of the Tiffany and Co jewelry store from 1906 until 1940. Also, it was the studio location for the long running television show The People's Court. - AsNotedIn


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1902/00/00 McKim, Mead and White Architect Charles Lewis Tiffany selects McKim, Mead, and White to design a new building
1902/00/00 Charles Lewis Tiffany Owner Charles Lewis Tiffany selects McKim, Mead, and White to design a new building
1905/00/00 Tiffany and Co Owner Tiffany and Company Building opens, built 1903-1905

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Particulars for Tiffany and Company Building:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Area of Significance Commerce
Criteria Historic Event
Level of Significance National
Owner Private
Historic Use Restaurant
Other Description Venetian palazzo



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 2nd June 1978

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Tiffany and Company Building
Registry Address: 401 5th Ave.
Registry Number: 78001886
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Private
Architect: McKim,Mead, and White
Architectural Style: Other
Attribute: Venetian palazzo
Contributing Buildings: 1
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark
Certification: Listed in the National Register
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Commerce, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1900-1924, 1925-1949
Significant Year: 1905, 1940
Historic Function: Commerce, Trade
Historic Sub-Function: Restaurant
Current Function: Commerce, Trade, Vacant, not in use
Current Sub-Function: Business

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