Chamber of Commerce Building (New York City)

Chamber of Commerce Building
(2013)
Location 65 Liberty Street
Manhattan, New York City[1]
Coordinates: 40°42′32″N 74°0′35″W / 40.70889°N 74.00972°W / 40.70889; -74.00972
Built 1900-01[2]
Architect James B. Baker[3]
Architectural style Beaux-Arts[3]
NRHP Reference # 73001214[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP February 6, 1973
Designated NHL December 22, 1977[4]
Designated NYCL January 18, 1966

The Chamber of Commerce Building located at 65 Liberty Street between Nassau Street and Broadway in the Financial District of Manhattan, New York City was built in 1900-01 to house the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York, which occupied it until 1980.[2] The building was restored in 1990-91 by Haines Lundberg Waehler and became the Mega International Commercial Bank.[3]

The building was designated a New York City landmark in 1966,[2] and a National Historic Landmark in 1977.[4][5][6]

Original and reprographic architectural drawings for this building are held in the Department of Drawings & Archives at Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.[7]

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  1. 1 2 Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission; Postal, Matthew A. (ed. and text); Dolkart, Andrew S. (text). (2009) Guide to New York City Landmarks (4th ed.) New York: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-470-28963-1, p.13
  3. 1 2 3 White, Norval & Willensky, Elliot with Leadon, Fran (2010). AIA Guide to New York City (5th ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195383867., p.59
  4. 1 2 "New York Chamber of Commerce". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. 2007-09-10.
  5. ↑ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory" (pdf). National Park Service. 1977-07-07.
  6. ↑ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory" (pdf). National Park Service. 1977-07-07.
  7. ↑ "New York Chamber of Commerce building architectural records". New York Chamber of Commerce architectural records catalog record. Columbia University Libraries. 2009-03-11.

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