Chamber of Commerce Building (New York City)
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| Location | 65 Liberty Street Manhattan, New York City |
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| Coordinates | 40°42′32″N 74°0′35″W / 40.70889°N 74.00972°WCoordinates: 40°42′32″N 74°0′35″W / 40.70889°N 74.00972°W |
| Built | 1900-01 |
| Architect | James B. Baker |
| Architectural style | Beaux-Arts |
| NRHP reference # | 73001214 |
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| Added to NRHP | February 6, 1973 |
| Designated NHL | December 22, 1977 |
| Designated NYCL | January 18, 1966 |
The Chamber of Commerce Building is located on 65 Liberty Street between Nassau Street and Broadway in the Financial District in Manhattan, New York City. The building's architect was James Barnes Baker who designed the building with a Beaux-Arts style. The building is about four stories tall built with Vermont marble and includes a terrace and a mansard roof. The first floor of the building contains the Great Hall where the walls of the hall are filled with portraits of important individuals from American history. Some of the portraits include John Cruger, the first president of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York, Alexander Hamilton, Ulysses S. Grant and many others.
The building was designated a New York City landmark in 1966, and a National Historic Landmark in 1977.
Original and reprographic architectural drawings for this building are held in the Department of Drawings & Archives at Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University
New York's Chamber of Commerce was founded in 1768, and was the first organization of its type in North America. Its inaugural meeting consisted of twenty merchants at the Fraunces Tavern, and it was granted a formal charter by King George III of Great Britain. The chamber met in a variety of locations, none that it owned, until 1884, when a dedicated building was constructed on this site.
This building's construction in 1902 was funded by wealthy members of the organization. Funders included luminaries such as John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie and J. Pierpont Morgan.
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