| 1 William Street | |
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| Former names | J. & W. Seligman & Company Building |
| General information | |
| Architectural style | neo-classicism |
| Location | New York, New York, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 40°42′17″N 74°00′36″W / 40.7048°N 74.0100°W |
| Construction started | 1906 |
| Completed | 1907 |
| Height | 157 feet (48 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 11 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Francis Kimball Julian Clarence Levi |
| Main contractor | George A. Fuller Company |
| Designated | February 13, 1996[2] |
| Reference no. | 1943[2] |
| Designated | February 20, 2007[3] |
| Part of | Wall Street Historic District |
| Reference no. | 07000063[3] |
| References | |
| [1] | |
1 William Street (formerly the J. & W. Seligman & Company Building and the Lehman Brothers Building; also the Banca Commerciale Italiana Building) is an office building in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. The building was erected in 1906–1907 and was designed by Francis H. Kimball in conjunction with Julian Clarence Levi.[4] It was created for the Seligmans, a prominent German Jewish family who founded an investment bank called J. & W. Seligman. The building was later the headquarters of investment bank Lehman Brothers from 1929 to 1980, and was subsequently bought by Banca Commerciale Italiana.
The 11-story structure, clad in limestone with a steel frame, is located at the southern corner of the five-pointed intersection of William, South William, and Beaver Streets. It occupies a quadrilateral lot, with an acute angle between South William Street to the west and William Street to the east. In 1996, the building was designated as a landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission.[2] In 2007, the building was designated as a contributing property to the Wall Street Historic District,[5] a National Register of Historic Places district.[3]
- ^ "1 William Street". Emporis. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016.
- ^ a b c Landmarks Preservation Commission 1996, p. 1.
- ^ a b c "National Register of Historic Places 2007 Weekly Lists" (PDF). National Park Service. 2007. p. 65. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 28, 2019. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
- ^ "Julian Clarence Levi architectural drawings and papers, 1895-1963 | Avery Drawings & Archives Collections | Columbia University Libraries Finding Aids". findingaids-dev.library.columbia.edu. Archived from the original on February 18, 2022. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
- ^ "Wall Street Historic District" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service. February 20, 2007. pp. 4–5. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 19, 2021. Retrieved February 9, 2021.