The Wilbraham

United States historic place

The Wilbraham

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

NYC Landmark

South elevation and west facade from across Fifth, 2011

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Location| New York City, New York
Coordinates| 40°44′46″N 73°59′12″W﻿ / ﻿40.7462°N 73.9867°W﻿ / 40.7462; -73.9867Coordinates: 40°44′46″N 73°59′12″W﻿ / ﻿40.7462°N 73.9867°W﻿ / 40.7462; -73.9867
Built| 1888–90
Architect| David and John Jardine
Architectural style| Romanesque revival
NRHP reference No.| 100002386
Significant dates
Added to NRHP| May 4, 2018
Designated NYCL| June 8, 2004

The Wilbraham at 282–284 Fifth Avenue or 1 West 30th Street, in the NoMad neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, was built in 1888–90 as a bachelor apartment hotel.[1] Its "bachelor flats" each consisted of a bedroom and parlor, with bathroom but no kitchen; the communal dining room was on the eighth floor.[1] The building's refined and "extraordinarily well detailed" design in commercial Romanesque revival style – which owed much to the Richardsonian Romanesque developed by H.H. Richardson – was the work of the partners David and John Jardine. The Real Estate Record and Guide in 1890 called it "quite an imposing piece of architecture".[2]

The building is eight stories under a verdigris copper-covered mansard roof,[3] with penthouses and basements, as a result of changes made during its construction. It is clad in Philadelphia brick and brownstone from quarries in Belleville, New Jersey, with wrought- and cast iron. Steel replaced structural cast iron after the foundations were already in place.[2]

The 30th Street entrance to the building with "WILBRAHAM" carved over the doorway, and the building's name misspelled on the canopy.

The building was commissioned as a real estate investment by the prominent Scottish-American jeweler William Moir. At the time the brownstone-fronted houses along this stretch of Fifth Avenue were being sold by the rich, who were rebuilding, often in more palatial fashion, farther north, in the part of Fifth Avenue that overlooked Central Park, just coming into its first maturity. Still, the neighborhood remained fashionable for clubs, hotels and the first blocks of "French flats".[2] The fashionable purveyors of china and glass Davis Collamore & Co. leased two floors of showrooms.[4]

In 1934–35 the Wilbraham's apartments were remodeled to include kitchens, a mark of changed social habits and gas cooking. It remains in residential use.[2]

In 2004 the Wilbraham was designated a New York City Landmark. In 2018 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[5]

## See also[edit]

* Architecture portal
* National Register of Historic Places portal
* New York City portal

* Architecture in New York City
* List of New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan from 14th to 59th Streets
* National Register of Historic Places listings in Manhattan from 14th to 59th Streets

## References[edit]

Notes

1. ^ a b New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission; Dolkart, Andrew S.; Postal, Matthew A. (2009). Postal, Matthew A. (ed.). Guide to New York City Landmarks (4th ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-470-28963-1., pp.80–81
2. ^ a b c d Shockley, Jay. "The Wilbraham Designation Report", New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (June 8, 2004)
3. ^ White, Norval & Willensky, Elliot (2000). AIA Guide to New York City (4th ed.). New York: Three Rivers Press. ISBN 978-0-8129-3107-5., p.224
4. ^ Location noted in Landmarks Preservation Commission: The Wilbraham, 8 June 2004.
5. ^ "National Register of Historic Places actions for May 4, 2018". U.S. National Park Service. May 4, 2018. Retrieved May 13, 2018.

## External links[edit]

* Media related to The Wilbraham at Wikimedia Commons

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