Bowling Green Offices Building
The Bowling Green Offices Building (also known as the Bowling Green Building, Bowling Green Offices, or 11 Broadway) is an office building located at 11 Broadway, across from Bowling Green park in the Financial District of Manhattan in New York City. The 21-story building, erected between 1895 and 1898, is 272.5 feet (83.1 m) tall.
| Bowling Green Offices Building | |
|---|---|
The building's exterior in 2020 | |
| General information | |
| Type | Office |
| Architectural style | Hellenic Renaissance |
| Location | 11 Broadway Manhattan, New York 10004 |
| Coordinates | 40°42′19″N 74°00′51″W |
| Construction started | 1895 |
| Completed | 1898 |
| Height | |
| Roof | 272.5 ft (83 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 21 (+2 basement) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | W. & G. Audsley |
New York City Landmark | |
| Designated | May 16, 1995 |
| Reference no. | 1927 |
| Designated | February 20, 2007 |
| Part of | Wall Street Historic District |
| Reference no. | 07000063 |
| References | |
| "Bowling Green Building". Emporis. Archived from the original on February 4, 2020. | |
The Bowling Green Offices Building was built to a Hellenic Renaissance-style design by W. & G. Audsley. The building's articulation consists of three horizontal sections similar to the components of a column—namely a base, shaft, and capital—and has a facade of granite at its base and white brick on the upper stories. The building contains an interior skeleton of structural steel, several ornamental features on the facade, as well as a floor plan that maximizes natural light exposure.
The Bowling Green Offices Building, erected as a 16-story structure, initially hosted various steamship offices due to Bowling Green's proximity to the New York Harbor, and later hosted law firms and other companies. The Broadway Realty Company, for whom the building was built, owned 11 Broadway for several decades following its completion. Five additional stories were built in 1920–1921. In 1995, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) designated 11 Broadway as an official city landmark. It is also a contributing property to the Wall Street Historic District, a National Register of Historic Places district created in 2007.