COLLECTION NAME:
The Landmarks Preservation Commission Designation Photo Collection
Record
Landmark Name:
Brown Building
LP Number:
LP-02128
Landmark Type:
Individual Landmark
Designation Date:
3/25/2003
Image Type:
Designation Photos
Image Date:
2/3/2021
Address:
23-29 Washington Place (aka 245 Green Street)
BIN:
1008823
BBL:
1005470008
Borough:
Manhattan
Block:
547
Lot:
8
Architect or Builder:
John Woolley
Date of Construction:
1900
Alteration Architect 1:
Not determined; Not determined
Date of Alteration 1:
1946 - 1947
Alteration Architect 2:
Not determined; Not determined
Date of Alteration 2:
1962; 1970s
Owner or Developer:
Joseph J. Asch
Style Primary:
neo-Renaissance
Material Primary:
Granite
Material Secondary:
Limestone
Material Tertiary:
Tan Brick
Material Quaternary:
Terra Cotta
Use Original:
Industrial, factory
Use Other:
Institutional, school, university
Building Type:
Factory
Building Type Other:
College of University Building
Notes:
Now an academic building for New York University. Stucco-covered masonry penthouse constructed 1946-47; building renovated in the arly 1970s as a center for the life sciences.
File Name:
LP2128_2003-02_009.jpg
Brown Building
