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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1893/12/00 Ernest Flagg Architect Ernest Flagg submits plans with the New York City Department of Buildings for a Charles Scribner's Sons headquarters on Fifth Avenue.
1894/05/00 Charles Scribner's Sons Office The Scribner's bookstore moves from 745 Broadway (lost) to its new Charles Scribner's Sons headquarters with a "dignified and striking facade".
1897/00/00 Otto Zahn Work Exhibitions at the Grolier Club and at Scribner's elevate Otto Zahn reputation and increase demand for his book bindings.

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Particulars for Scribner Building:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Architectural Style Beaux Arts
Sight Category Building
Area of Significance Business
Owner Private
Historic Use Specialty Store



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 6th May 1980

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Scribner Building
Registry Address: 153--157 5th Ave.
Registry Number: 80002715
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Private
Architect: Flagg,Ernest
Architectural Style: Beaux arts
Contributing Buildings: 1
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1875-1899
Significant Year: 1893, 1894
Historic Function: Commerce, Trade
Historic Sub-Function: Specialty store, Business
Current Function: Commerce, Trade
Current Sub-Function: Organizational

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