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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Ottaviano Gori Architect
1845/00/00 A T Stewart Work A T Stewart opens a grand department store on Broadway in New York City.
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1846/00/00 Trench and Snook Architect Deigned by John B Snook, A T Stewart's department store opens on Broadway in New York City.
1858/00/00 A T Stewart Work Andrew Wilson buys a 20-piece rosewood parlor set by John Henry Belter from A T Stewart and Company, New York City
1917/00/00 Frank Munsey Office Frank A Munsey Publishing moves offices to the Sun Building at 280 Broadway in New York City.
1917/00/00 The Sun (New York City) Owner New York Sun newspaper buys the Marble Palace and renames it the Sun Building.
1991/00/00 Near 290 Broadway, archaeological excavations find intact human skeletal remains located 30 feet below street level. The remains of 419 people were excavated between 1991 and 1992. Ancestral Return to the African Burying Ground

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Particulars for A T Stewart Company Store:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Area of Significance Commerce
Level of Significance National
Criteria Person
Architectural Style Renaissance Revival
Historic Use Retail shop
Other Description Romano-Tuscan Renaissance
Building Material Westchester, Inwood marble



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 2nd June 1978

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Stewart, A. T., Company Store
Registry Address: 280 Broadway
Registry Number: 78001885
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Local
Architect: Snook and Trench; Gori,Ottavino
Architectural Style: Renaissance, Other
Attribute: Romano-Tuscan Renaissance
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: Architecture-Engineering, Person
Period of Significance: 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Significant Year: 1845, 1876
Associated People: Stewart,Alexander Turney
Historic Function: Commerce, Trade
Historic Sub-Function: Department store
Current Function: Government
Current Sub-Function: Government office

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