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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1910/00/00 Frank Winfield Woolworth Office Frank Woolworth commissions the design and construction of the Woolworth Building in New York City. The building is paid for entirely in cash.
1912/04/24 Gunvald Aus Engineer Woolworth Building, built in the neo-Gothic style between 1910 and 1912, opens as the world's tallest building. It was surpassed by 40 Wall Street, NYC in 1930.
1912/04/24 F W Woolworth Company Owner Woolworth Building, built in the neo-Gothic style between 1910 and 1912, opens as the world's tallest building. It was surpassed by 40 Wall Street, NYC in 1930.
1912/04/24 Cass Gilbert Architect Woolworth Building, built in the neo-Gothic style between 1910 and 1912, opens as the world's tallest building. It was surpassed by 40 Wall Street, NYC in 1930.
1913/00/00 Columbia Records Recording Label Columbia Records moves into the Woolworth Building and builds a recording studio in edifice.
1917/00/00 Columbia Records Recording Label Columbia Records makes a recording of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band in their Woolworth Building studio.
1930/00/00 Cary Grant Life One cloudy day, Fred Allen takes Leach up to the observation platform of the Woolworth to show that just because he couldn't see his future, it didn't prove it wasn't there. Allen told leach that faith, was the belief in this world and one's place in it.

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Particulars for Woolworth 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 Professional
Architectural Style Skyscraper Gothic
Architectural Style Tudor Revival



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 13th November 1966

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Woolworth Building
Registry Address: 233 Broadway
Registry Number: 66000554
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Private
Architect: Gilbert,Cass
Architectural Style: Tudor revival
Contributing Buildings: 1
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark, National Landmark boundary approved
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
Significant Year: 1911, 1913
Historic Function: Commerce, Trade
Historic Sub-Function: Professional
Current Function: Commerce, Trade
Current Sub-Function: Professional

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