E.V. Haughwout Building (New York City, New York)

 office building, Second Empire (architecture)

5-story cast-iron office building completed in 1857. Designed by John P. Gaynor, it has fluted Corinthian columns lining the ground floor, 14 bays wide on Broome Street and nine bays on Broadway. The upper floors all have round-arched windows with small Corinthian columns at each side, separated by larger fluted columns. Each arch is topped by a keystone, and there are balustrades along the bottom of each floor. The building's two main facades are crowned by an ornate roof cornice with modillions, dentils, and a carved fascia board--the while nine yards! The entire facades are painted light grey. A large clock face is attached to the 2nd floor on the Broadway side, and a large, round water tower is located on the far east side of the roof. There is also a white metal fire escape covering three of the western bays on Broome Street. The design very much echoes the architectural vocabulary of Venice, Italy.

Haughwout's was a tableware store whose china was used at the White House. E.V. Haughwout also dealt in cut-glass, silverware, clocks and chandeliers; this store featured the first passenger elevator, a steam-driven model designed by Elisha Otis. The building now houses Corcoran real estate. For a period in 2018, Il Makiage opened up a pop-up store which contained a steel skeleton display.

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