Lincoln Building

Lincoln Building

: For the building of the same name in Carrington, North Dakota, see Lincoln Building (Carrington, North Dakota)The Lincoln Building is an office building located on 60 East 42nd Street in New York City, opposite Grand Central Terminal. It was completed in 1930. The architect was James Edwin Ruthvin Carpenter. It is 673 feet (205 meters) tall with 53 stories and built in neo-gothic style.

Although dwarfed by other buildings in the area, notably the Chrysler Building and MetLife Building, the Lincoln has a number of features, including its gothic windows at the top, the lobby, and the bronze model by Daniel Chester French of Abraham Lincoln for the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC.

ee also

*List of tallest buildings in New York City

External links

* [http://www.thelincolnbuilding.com/ Official site from management company]


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