Bar Building
Historic commercial building in New York, United States
United States historic place
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41°1′57″N 73°46′3″W / 41.03250°N 73.76750°W / 41.03250; -73.76750 | |
| Area | less than one acre |
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| Built | 1926 |
| Architect | Benjamin I. Levitan |
| Architectural style | Early Commercial |
| NRHP reference No. | 07000331 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 17, 2007 |
The Bar Building is a historic commercial building designed by architect Benjamin Levitan and located at White Plains, Westchester County, New York.
Description and history
It was built in 1926 and is a ten-story, 125-foot-tall building. Above the tenth floor is a two-story, recessed penthouse. The penthouse floors are enclosed with a crenellated parapet which originally housed the short lived "City Club" as well as the structure's water-tank. It is a steel-frame building clad in face brick and cement with Neo-Gothic and Art Deco terra cotta ornamentation. Its crenellated tower originally had glazed windows encircling its three sides. These were later bricked in. When completed, The Bar Building was the tallest structure between New York City and Albany, NY. Since 1990, the building's penthouse has been the location of J.J. Sedelmaier Productions, Inc., an animation and design studio. When the building was threatened with demolition through eminent domain in the early 2000s, Sedelmaier himself was instrumental in working with the White Plains Historical Society and NY State in insuring the preservation and listing of the structure on the National Register of Historic Places.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 17, 2007.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Peter D. Shaver (November 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Registration:Bar Building". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-12-30. See also: "Accompanying eight photos".
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Education
secondary schools
- White Plains Public Schools
- Archbishop Stepinac High School
- German International School New York
- The Leffell School (former Solomon Schechter) Lower Campus
- Pace University Graduate Center
- The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University
- College of Westchester
Other
- North White Plains Metro-North station
- White Plains Metro-North station
- Westchester County Airport (near White Plains)
- Bee-Line Bus System (TransCenter)
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