106 Fulton Street Residence Hall (Pace University)

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15-story residential building originally completed in 1895. Designed by James M. Farnsworth, it is L-shaped, wrapping around the corner building. The narrow wing extending to 14 Dutch Street retains its original stamped cast-iron facade, while the main facade on Fulton Street was redesigned when it was renovated in 1996, and then converted to dormitory use (called Fulton Hall) by Pace University in 2000.

The newer Fulton Street facade has a 2-story base of polished black granite, divided into three bays with entrances and large storefront windows on the ground floor, and large, triple-windows on the 2nd story. Two horizontal flagpoles with large Pace University flags are affixed above and between the 2nd-story windows, while signage for Pace University and the Burger King that occupies the ground floor are attached to the facade between the two floors. The upper floors are clad in silver aluminum, with recessed, reflective triple-windows in each bay and a small, projecting air-conditioning unit in the lower-left corner of each bay. There is a modern-styled metal bracketed roof cornice at the roof line.

The narrow facade on Dutch Street has a ground floor of dark-grey metal and stone blocks, with service entrances. The upper floors retain the original cast-iron, painted dark-grey. They are divided by pilasters into two bays of double-windows, with foliate and floral designs in the spandrel panels. There are also projecting modillioned cornices above the 3rd, 10th, and top floors.

Students who live at Fulton Hall can choose from a variety of room configurations from singles to six-person apartments. This building offers enough space to house over two hundred upper-class students, which makes for a lively place to call home. All rooms are are fully wired with High-Speed Internet access.