New York and Long Island Coignet Stone Company Building
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The Coignet Stone Company Building (also called the Pippen Building) is a historical structure in the Gowanus neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City, at the intersection of Third Street and Third Avenue. Designed by architects William Field and Son and constructed between 1872 and 1873, it is the city's oldest remaining concrete building. It is the last remaining structure of a five-acre concrete factory complex built for the Coignet Agglomerate Company along the Gowanus Canal.
Coignet Stone Company Building | |
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Alternative names | Pippen Building |
General information | |
Location | Brooklyn, New York, US |
Address | 360–370 Third Avenue |
Coordinates | 40°40′30″N 73°59′18″W |
Construction started | 1872 |
Completed | 1873 |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 2 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | William Field and Son |
Main contractor | D. B. & A. Rutan (mason) Riley Cocroft (stone setter) Henry Case (carpenter) |
Designated | June 27, 2006[1] |
Reference no. | 2202[1] |
The building has a two-story cast-stone facade above a raised basement. It was created with a type of concrete patented by Frenchman François Coignet in the 1850s and manufactured at the Gowanus factory. The Coignet Agglomerate Company, for which it was erected, was the first United States firm to manufacture Coignet stone.
Despite the popularity of Coignet stone at the time construction, the Coignet Agglomerate Company completely shuttered in 1882. It was subsequently used by the Brooklyn Improvement Company for seventy-five years until that company, too, closed in 1957. The facade was renovated in the 1960s, but the rest of was left to deteriorate for the rest of the 20th century. After Whole Foods Market bought the surrounding factory complex in 2005, the building became a New York City designated landmark on June 27, 2006. In conjunction with the construction of the adjacent Whole Foods store, it was restored between 2014 and 2016.