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Flatiron Building

  • Also Known As: Fuller Building

  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
D H Burnham and Company Architect
1901/00/00
1902/00/00
1908/00/00 Carl Laemmle Work Karl Lammle pays $6 a month for an office with Mr Wallach's in the Flatiron, 1907 or 1908. Wallach's young son, David, sometimes sneaks in and plays with his magic lantern. Mr Wallach is tempted to invest in Lammle's motion-picture business, but doesn't.

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Particulars for Flatiron Building:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Area of Significance Business
Level of Significance National
Owner Private
Architectural Style Renaissance Revival
Architectural Style Skyscraper



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 20th November 1979

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Flatiron Building
Registry Address: 5th Ave. and Broadway St
Registry Number: 79001603
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Private
Architect: D.H. Burnham and Co.
Architectural Style: Renaissance, Skyscraper
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: Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1900-1924
Significant Year: 1901, 1902
Historic Function: Commerce, Trade
Historic Sub-Function: Business
Current Function: Commerce, Trade
Current Sub-Function: Business

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