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1 Broadway (formerly known as the International Mercantile Marine Company Building, the United States Lines Building, and the Washington Building) is a 12-story office building in the Financial District of Manhattan, New York City. It is located at the intersection of Battery Place and Broadway, adjacent to Bowling Green to the east and the Battery to the south.
International Mercantile Marine Company Building | |
Location | 1 Broadway, Manhattan, New York |
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Coordinates | 40°42′17″N 74°00′52″W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1919 |
Architect | Chambers, Walter B. |
Architectural style | Classical Revival |
Part of | Wall Street Historic District (ID07000063) |
NRHP reference No. | 91000108[2] |
NYCL No. | 1926[1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | March 2, 1991 |
Designated NYCL | September 19, 1995 |
1 Broadway was built in 1882 as the Queen Anne-style Washington Building on the site of the former Washington Hotel. The building was acquired by the International Mercantile Marine Company (IMM) in 1919 to serve as its corporate headquarters and extensively altered to its present Neoclassical style. It was the headquarters of IMM and its successor company United States Lines until 1979, when the firm relocated to Cranford, New Jersey. The structure continued to host office tenants as well as a bank. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on March 2, 1991, and was designated a city landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1995. It is also a contributing property to the Wall Street Historic District, a NRHP district created in 2007.