240 Centre Street
Former New York City Police Headquarters Building | |
New York City Landmark No. 0999 | |
looking downtown from Broome Street (2008) | |
Location | 240 Centre St. Manhattan, New York City |
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Coordinates | 40°43′12″N 73°59′53″W / 40.72000°N 73.99806°W / 40.72000; -73.99806 |
Built | 1905–1909 |
Architect | Hoppin & Koen |
Architectural style | Beaux Arts Edwardian Baroque Renaissance Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 80002690[1] |
NYCL No. | 0999 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | March 28, 1980 |
Designated NYCL | September 26, 1978 |
240 Centre Street, formerly the New York City Police Headquarters, is a building between Broome and Grand streets in the Little Italy neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, United States.
History
It was built in 1905–1909, and was designed by the firm of Hoppin & Koen. 240 Centre housed the headquarters of the New York City Police Department from 1909 to 1973, and was converted into a luxury co-op building in 1988 by the firm of Ehrenkranz Group & Eckstut. It is now known as the Police Building Apartments.[2][3][4][5]
240 Centre Street replaced an older building nearby on Mulberry Street, where Theodore Roosevelt had served as New York City Police Commissioner.[6] Following the 1898 consolidation of the five boroughs into the City of Greater New York, the police department also expanded and needed a new headquarters building.
The Police Building was designated a New York City landmark in 1978,[2] and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
Gallery
- Dome
- Pediment and columns over entrance
- Entrance
- South facade
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ 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. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-470-28963-1.
- ^ White, Norval & Willensky, Elliot (2000). AIA Guide to New York City (4th ed.). New York: Three Rivers Press. pp. 84–85. ISBN 978-0-8129-3107-5.
- ^ Cusack, Andrew. "The Old Police Building"
- ^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on April 4, 2019. Retrieved April 1, 2016. Note: This includes Virginia Kurshan; Joan R. Olshansky; Elizabeth Spencer-Ralph (August 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Former Police Headquarters Building" (PDF). Retrieved April 1, 2016. and Accompanying photographs
- ^ Riis, Jacob A. The Making of an American. 1901.
External links
- Media related to 240 Centre Street at Wikimedia Commons
- The Police Building
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