Scribner Building

Scribner Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location:	153-157 5th Ave., New York, New York
Coordinates:	40°44′25″N 73°59′27″W / 40.74028°N 73.99083°W / 40.74028; -73.99083Coordinates: 40°44′25″N 73°59′27″W / 40.74028°N 73.99083°W / 40.74028; -73.99083
Built:	1893
Architect:	Ernest Flagg
Architectural style:	Beaux Arts
Governing body:	Private
NRHP Reference#:	80002715[1]
Added to NRHP:	May 6, 1980

The Scribner Building, also known as Old Scribner Building, was designed by Ernest Flagg in a Beaux Arts style and was built in 1893. It is located at 153-157th Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, at 21st Street. It served as the corporate headquarters of Charles Scribner's Sons publishing company.

The Scribner Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.^[1][2]

Ernest Flagg also designed its successor building, the Charles Scribner's Sons Building, at 597 Fifth Avenue.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
2. ^ Virginia Kurshan (October, 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Scribner Building / Old Scribner Building". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=5077. Retrieved 2008-10-08.  See also: "Accompanying three photos, exterior and interior, from 1979". http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=5075.  and "Accompanying nomination correspondence". http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=5076.