Everett Building (New York City, New York)

 office building, high-rise, listed building / architectural heritage, 1908_construction

233-foot, 16-story office building completed in 1908. Designed by Starrett & van Vleck, it is prominently located at the north end of Union Square. The facades are sheathed in white terra-cotta, with six bays along the Union Square side, and eight bays along Park Avenue South. Each bay is divided into three windows (except for one of the Park Avenue bays, which only has two parts). The 2-story base with rusticated piers (each resting on a polished marble base) is set off from the rest of the building by a cornice embellished with stylized triglyphs and metopes. Mullions separating windows in the bays of the 2nd floor resemble pilasters; they are topped with consoles. Each ground-floor bay has transoms above the main windows.

The 3rd floor consists of piers ornamented with foliate and ribboned embellishments. Pilasters between the windows have long, thin recessed panels. The capitals of both piers and pilasters have palmettes. A frieze with garlands draped over bezants completes the transitional floor and signals the beginning of the shaft.

On the 11-story shaft, the crossings of the ribbed mullions and the outer textured edges of the panels which cover the spandrel beams establishes a grid. On the south facade, spandrel bands below each window are three panels wide and two panels high; each such group of six panels is outlined by raised moldings. Each bay has three such groups. On the east facade each group is two panels wide and high, also outlined by raised moldings. Piers are also indicated by outlined terra-cotta panels.

A belt course tops the 11-story shaft and sets off the 2-story crown. The piers are transformed into abstract pilasters by the application of reiterating polychrome terra-cotta ornament. Within raised borders of white terra-cotta that extend the length of both floors, orange rectangular panels embellished at their midpoints by applied green circles appear. The spandrel beams between the two floors are covered with white terra-cotta panels within which are rectangular orange panels. Mullions that abut the spandrel beams are also embellished with recessed panels. The crown is topped with several molding including one with polychrome geometric motifs. An elaborate dentiled cornice crested by acroteria tops the building.

The ground floor was occupied by Sephora cosmetics, and The Red Door beauty salon until 2019. Its upper floors are occupied by ABS Partners Real Estate.

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