Marble Palace New York

Then in 1917 the new york sun newspaper purchased the marble palace and renamed it the sun building.

Marble palace new york.

Our focused lines of business are new home construction kitchen design and bath studios as well as licensed contractors. 280 broadway also known as the a t. The first two floors are now retail space. She reburied her husband away from new york city.

It was the first commercial building in the italianate style in new york city and is considered the site of one of the nation s first department stores. Since 1984 marble palace has been proud to supply natural and engineered stone products for kitchen countertops bathroom vanities shower tub surrounds and other solid surface areas for residential projects. Alexander turney stewart october 12 1803 april 10 1876 was an irish american entrepreneur who moved to new york and made his multimillion dollar fortune in the most extensive and lucrative dry goods store in the world. Stewart invented a new kind of store building his marble palace on the east side of broadway from chambers to reade street the first department store in new.

Stewart s dry goods is long gone but its legacy lives on in new york in both architecture and commerce. We are here to beautify your home or business with the world s most enduring materials and experience. From 1917 1950 the marble palace building served as a headquarters for the new york sun and from there became new york city department offices. Our specialists have the knowledge and expertise to work on different types of masonry projects.

By today s standards this tribeca building just north of city hall park might be dismissed as nondescript but in the mid 19th century the. Stewart dry goods store the marble palace and the sun building is a historic building located between chambers and reade streets in the civic center district of manhattan new york city. The palace built in neoclassical style is very well known for its architecture and its vast collection of sculptures furnishings and paintings. Stewart was born in lisburn ulster ireland and abandoned his original aspirations of becoming a presbyterian minister to go to new york city in 1823.

To this day you can still see the newspaper s name displayed on the side of the building. The marble palace in thakurpukur is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the city of kolkata and is visited by tourists from far and away all through the year.