935–939 Broadway

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935–939 Broadway
File:935-939 Broadway.jpg
935–939 Broadway (also known as 159–161 Fifth Avenue), as seen from Broadway and 22nd Street
General information
Architectural style Italianate style
Location 935–939 Broadway
Manhattan, New York City
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Completed 1862
Client Richard Mortimer
Design and construction
Architect Griffith Thomas

935–939 Broadway is a six-story Italianate brownstone structure designed by the architect Griffith Thomas in the Flatiron District of Manhattan, New York City.

History

The six-story Italianate building, commissioned by Richard Mortimer, was built between 1861–1862 and was designed by architect Griffith Thomas.[1] Throughout its lifetime, the structure has been referred to as the Mortimer Building, the Albert Building, and the Glenham Hotel.[2] Early tenants include Bryant, Stratton & Packard's New York City Business College[3] and the J.&C. Johnston Dry Goods company[1] that opened in 1881.[4] The building originally had five stories and a sixth story was added in 1919 by the architects Rouse & Goldstone.[3]

Glenham Hotel

Conflicting information exists[2] that refers to this building as the former Glenham Hotel. The Glenham Hotel however has been listed as 153 and 155 Fifth Avenue,[5][6] now the address of the adjacent Scribner Building.[1]

On April 2, 1882, 51-year-old Cornelius Jeremiah Vanderbilt committed suicide in his fifth floor room, number 80, by firing his Smith & Wesson revolver into his left temple.

In 2021, the building began hosting the site of the first official Wizarding World and Harry Potter flagship store in New York City, now simply referred to as "Harry Potter New York".[7]

Gallery

  • Mortimer Building.jpg

    As seen from 5th Avenue and 22nd Street

  • 935-939 Broadway, 5th Avenue facade.jpg

    Exterior view facing 5th Avenue

  • 935-939 Broadway, view from 22nd street.jpg

    View of the fire escape

  • 935-939 Broadway clock.jpg

    View of the clock mounted on the facade at the northeast corner

  • 935-939 Broadway capital detail.jpg

    Capital detail at the ground floor

  • 935-939 Broadway capital detail 2.jpg

    Capital detail at the ground floor

  • 935-939 Broadway pediment detail.jpg

    Rounded pediment detail

  • 935-939 Broadway triangular pediment detail.jpg

    Triangular pediment detail

  • 935-939 Broadway center corbel detail.jpg

    Center corbel detail above one of the windows

  • 935-939 Broadway corbel detail from the side.jpg

    Corbel detail from the side of one of the windows

  • 935-939 Broadway top floor window.jpg

    View of one of the sixth floor windows

  • 935-939 Broadway northwest corner.jpg

    View of the northwest corner

References

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