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New York
Architecture Images-Soho 448 Broome St. |
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Frederick Clark Withers |
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448 Broome St. |
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1871 |
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High Victorian Gothic |
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Cast Iron Facade |
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Shop Office Warehouse |
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FREDERICK CLARK WITHERS BUILDING 448 Broome Street On the north side of Broome Street stands a five–story cast iron building of unique character. It was designed by Frederick Clark Withers in 1871 and is certainly the only iron building in SoHo to reflect the Gothic Revival style. This style was popular in early 19th century England and for a short time in America. Withers is most often remembered for his 1876 Venetian Gothic Jefferson Market Court House in Greenwich Village. Five years earlier, he had built, on Broome Street, his one and only iron–front commercial structure. Today the building and its fire escape, are painted a medium-beige color. Each of the structure’s five floors has a different design, and the fifth displays seven round headed windows with triple–rooted colonnettes between them. The roof cornice supports an ornate center pediment. Beneath the outer windows are panels filled with a series of rosettes of intricate design. |
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