Robbins & Appleton Building
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The Robbins & Appleton Building is a historic building located at 1-5 Bond Street between Broadway
and Lafayette Street
in the NoHo
district of Manhattan
, New York City
. It was built in 1879-1880, and was designed by architect Stephen Decatur Hatch
in the Second Empire style. The building features an ornate cast iron facade and mansard roof
and was originally used for the manufacture of watch cases, and by publisher D. Appelton & Company. It is now in residential use. The building next door, at 7-9 Bond Street, is an inferior imitation of its neighbor.
The building was designated a New York City landmark in 1979, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 1982.
Broadway (New York City)
Broadway is a prominent avenue in New York City, United States, which runs through the full length of the borough of Manhattan and continues northward through the Bronx borough before terminating in Westchester County, New York. It is the oldest north–south main thoroughfare in the city, dating to...
and Lafayette Street
Lafayette Street (Manhattan)
Lafayette Street is a major north-south street in New York City's Lower Manhattan, which runs roughly parallel to Broadway to the west. Originally, the part of the street below Houston Street was called Elm Place....
in the NoHo
NoHo
NoHo, for North of Houston Street is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, roughly bounded by Houston Street on the south, The Bowery on the east, Astor Place on the north, and Broadway on the west. NoHo is wedged between Greenwich Village, west of Broadway, and the East Village...
district of Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
, New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. It was built in 1879-1880, and was designed by architect Stephen Decatur Hatch
Stephen Decatur Hatch
Stephen Decatur Hatch was a prominent late-19th century architect who was responsible for a number of historically or architecturally significant buildings in Manhattan, New York City and elsewhere...
in the Second Empire style. The building features an ornate cast iron facade and mansard roof
Mansard roof
A mansard or mansard roof is a four-sided gambrel-style hip roof characterized by two slopes on each of its sides with the lower slope at a steeper angle than the upper that is punctured by dormer windows. The roof creates an additional floor of habitable space, such as a garret...
and was originally used for the manufacture of watch cases, and by publisher D. Appelton & Company. It is now in residential use. The building next door, at 7-9 Bond Street, is an inferior imitation of its neighbor.
The building was designated a New York City landmark in 1979, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1982.