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Chrysler 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
1928/09/19 Chrysler Corporation Headquarters Ground breaking begins on Walter P Chrysler's skyscraper.
1930/00/00 Otis Elevator Company Manufacturer Chrysler Building includes 4 banks of 8 Otis elevators.
1930/05/00 ThyssenKrupp Manufacturer Top of the Chrysler Building, replicas of the 1929 Chrysler radiator caps, is clad in austenitic stainless steel, Enduro KA-2, developed in Germany by Krupp.
1930/05/27 Walter Percy Chrysler Owner Chrysler Building, the first man-made structure to stand taller than 1,000 feet (305 m), is completed at 1,046 feet (319 m). Advent of the Curtain Wall
1930/05/27 William Van Alen Architect Chrysler Building, the first man-made structure to stand taller than 1,000 feet (305 m), is completed at 1,046 feet (319 m). Advent of the Curtain Wall

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Particulars for Chrysler Building:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Area of Significance Art
Sight Category Building
Area of Significance Business
Criteria Consideration Commemorative property
Area of Significance Commerce
Architectural Style Moderne
Level of Significance National
Criteria Person
Owner Private
Historic Use Professional



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 8th December 1976

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Chrysler Building
Registry Address: 405 Lexington Ave.
Registry Number: 76001237
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Private
Architect: Van Allen,William; et al.
Architectural Style: Moderne
Area in Acres: 1
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, Art, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering, Person
Criteria Consideration: Commemorative property, Significance of less than fifty years
Period of Significance: 1950-1974, 1925-1949
Significant Year: 1928, 1950
Associated People: Chrysler,Walter P.
Historic Function: Commerce, Trade
Historic Sub-Function: Professional, Business
Current Function: Commerce, Trade
Current Sub-Function: Professional Business

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