240 Centre Street
Former New York City Police Headquarters Building | |
looking downtown from Broome Street (2008) | |
![]() ![]() 240 Centre Street | |
Location |
240 Centre St. Manhattan, New York City |
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Coordinates | 40°43′12″N 73°59′53″W / 40.72000°N 73.99806°WCoordinates: 40°43′12″N 73°59′53″W / 40.72000°N 73.99806°W |
Built | 1905-1909 |
Architect | Hoppin & Koen |
Architectural style |
Beaux Arts Edwardian Baroque Renaissance Revival |
NRHP reference # | 80002690[1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | March 28, 1980 |
Designated NYCL | September 26, 1978 |
240 Centre Street, formerly the New York City Police Headquarters building, between Broome and Grand Streets in the Nolita neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, was built in 1905-1909, and was designed by the firm of Hoppin & Koen. It housed the headquarters of the New York City Police Department from 1909 to 1973, and was converted into luxury condominiums in 1988 by the firm of Ehrenkranz Group & Eckstut. It is now known as the Police Building Apartments.[2][3][4][5]
The building at 240 Centre Street replaced an older building nearby on Mulberry Street, where Theodore Roosevelt had served as New York City Police Commissioner.[6] Following the 1898 consolidation of the five boroughs into the city of "Greater New York", the police department also expanded and needed a new headquarters building.
The Police Building was designated a New York City landmark in 1978,[2] and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
Gallery
- Dome
- Pediment and columns over entrance
- Entrance
- South facade
References
- ↑ National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- 1 2 New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission; Dolkart, Andrew S.; Postal, Matthew A. (2009), Postal, Matthew A., ed., Guide to New York City Landmarks (4th ed.), New York: John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 978-0-470-28963-1 , p.41
- ↑ White, Norval & Willensky, Elliot (2000), AIA Guide to New York City (4th ed.), New York: Three Rivers Press, ISBN 978-0-8129-3107-5 , pp. 84-85
- ↑ Cusack, Andrew. "The Old Police Building"
- ↑ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2016-04-01. Note: This includes Virginia Kurshan; Joan R. Olshansky; Elizabeth Spencer-Ralph (August 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Former Police Headquarters Building" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-04-01. and Accompanying photographs
- ↑ Riis, Jacob A. The Making of an American. 1901.
External links
Media related to 240 Centre Street at Wikimedia Commons- The Police Building