Schermerhorn Building (New York City, New York)
USA /
New Jersey /
Hoboken /
New York City, New York /
Lafayette Street, 376-380
World
/ USA
/ New Jersey
/ Hoboken
office building, movie / film / TV location
6-story Romanesque-revival office building completed in 1889. Designed by noted architect Henry J. Hardenbergh as a store-and-loft building for William C. Schermerhorn, it has a facade of red and beige brick with brownstone ornament, multi-story arched window bays, and an ornate iron roof cornice, with a gabled dormer on the north end. This loft building is an early work of architect Hardenbergh who designed many hotels and apartment buildings in New York City, including the Dakota and the Plaza Hotel.
This building, which replaced the Schermerhorn mansion, was rented to a manufacturer of boys' clothing upon completion. It was sold by the Schermerhorns in 1915, and converted to an office building in 1931. Following the onset of the Great Depression the Schermerhorn Building became home to the Department of Public Welfare. It was converted back to manufacturing in 1943. After suffering a gritty period of neglect in the 1960s and ‘70s, the East Village neighborhood experienced revitalization. In the mid 1980s the building was home to the Jazz Center of New York and remained in commercial use until after 2000, when it again became offices.
Dark brown brick piers form five bays on the Great Jones Street side and four bays on Lafayette Street. These tiers rise four stories and terminate in segmental-arches, also of brick. The piers, supported at the first floor by interesting dwarf columns of marble, rest on large polished grey granite bases. Just above the dwarf columns, the first-floor openings have broad segmental-arches, with rosettes decorating the piers.
The piers have carved sandstone ornament at the base of the 3rd floor, and at the intersection of the arches with the piers. Solid sections of light-colored brick wall terminate the succession of arched bays at both ends of the building, signaling the location of entrances, stairs and elevators. At the 2nd floor, each bay is divided into three windows by very slender columns. The 3rd & 4th floors are grouped together under the arches, with carved spandrel panels between. Crowning each pier, between the arches, are carved faces.
The upper two floors, also executed in light-brown brick, have a repetitive pattern of square-headed windows in pairs on the 5th floor, and round-arched windows on the 6th floor. Both facades are crowned by brown metal roof cornices with double rows of brackets. The cornices extends out to the end bay (westernmost on Great Jones, and northermost on Lafayette), where they end. These end bays have elaborate paired round-arches at the 5th floor. The Great Jones side has four tall, narrow round-arches at the 6th floor, divided by stone columns. Above a short pavilion tower rises above the neighboring roof cornice with a peaked roof and small cupola. On the Lafayette side, there are three carved terra-cotta panels at the 6th-floor level, with a slate mansard roof above, beginning at the level of the arches on the rest of the 6th floor, and extending up to just past the roof cornice. This small mansard is broken by a single-windowed gable with a carved terra-cotta pediment topped by a finial. There is a wrought-iron fire escape running down one bay on Great Jones.
The ground floor is occupied by Lafayette restaurant. The interior was used as a filming location for the Netflix series "The Politician".
This building, which replaced the Schermerhorn mansion, was rented to a manufacturer of boys' clothing upon completion. It was sold by the Schermerhorns in 1915, and converted to an office building in 1931. Following the onset of the Great Depression the Schermerhorn Building became home to the Department of Public Welfare. It was converted back to manufacturing in 1943. After suffering a gritty period of neglect in the 1960s and ‘70s, the East Village neighborhood experienced revitalization. In the mid 1980s the building was home to the Jazz Center of New York and remained in commercial use until after 2000, when it again became offices.
Dark brown brick piers form five bays on the Great Jones Street side and four bays on Lafayette Street. These tiers rise four stories and terminate in segmental-arches, also of brick. The piers, supported at the first floor by interesting dwarf columns of marble, rest on large polished grey granite bases. Just above the dwarf columns, the first-floor openings have broad segmental-arches, with rosettes decorating the piers.
The piers have carved sandstone ornament at the base of the 3rd floor, and at the intersection of the arches with the piers. Solid sections of light-colored brick wall terminate the succession of arched bays at both ends of the building, signaling the location of entrances, stairs and elevators. At the 2nd floor, each bay is divided into three windows by very slender columns. The 3rd & 4th floors are grouped together under the arches, with carved spandrel panels between. Crowning each pier, between the arches, are carved faces.
The upper two floors, also executed in light-brown brick, have a repetitive pattern of square-headed windows in pairs on the 5th floor, and round-arched windows on the 6th floor. Both facades are crowned by brown metal roof cornices with double rows of brackets. The cornices extends out to the end bay (westernmost on Great Jones, and northermost on Lafayette), where they end. These end bays have elaborate paired round-arches at the 5th floor. The Great Jones side has four tall, narrow round-arches at the 6th floor, divided by stone columns. Above a short pavilion tower rises above the neighboring roof cornice with a peaked roof and small cupola. On the Lafayette side, there are three carved terra-cotta panels at the 6th-floor level, with a slate mansard roof above, beginning at the level of the arches on the rest of the 6th floor, and extending up to just past the roof cornice. This small mansard is broken by a single-windowed gable with a carved terra-cotta pediment topped by a finial. There is a wrought-iron fire escape running down one bay on Great Jones.
The ground floor is occupied by Lafayette restaurant. The interior was used as a filming location for the Netflix series "The Politician".
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Coordinates: 40°43'39"N 73°59'37"W
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