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| A. T. Stewart Company Store | |
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| (U.S. National Historic Landmark) | |
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| Location: | 280 Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, New York |
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| Built/Founded: | 1845-1846 |
| Architect: | John B. Snook of Joseph Trench & Co"AIA Guide to New York City", 4th Edition, pg 78 |
| Architectural style(s): | Palladian |
| Designated as NHL: | June 02, 1978 A.T. Stewart Company Store. National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service (2007-09-14). |
| Added to NRHP: | June 02, 1978 National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23). |
| NRHP Reference#: | 78001885 |
280 Broadway (known also as the Marble Palace, the A.T. Stewart Company Store or The Sun Building) is the site of America\'s first department store.NL writeup It later housed The New York Sun newspaper and is now used for municipal offices for New York City. 280 Broadway is on the northeast corner of Chambers Street, New York City, NY
Alexander Turney Stewart had opened his mercantile business across the street, but when it started to prosper, had "The Marble Palace" built on the site of Washington Hall, the former headquarters of the Federalist Party. Stewart\'s department store featured a number of marketing innovations designed to increase the volume of turnover and keep up with the increasing capacity of industrial manufacturing. He was among the first to set fixed prices for his goods and drew female customers through special sales and fashion shows. The success of his store inspired numerous imitations north along a five block strip of Broadway. At the height of their success in the 1850s, this portion of Broadway became popular among the city\'s fashionable elite for window shopping while strutting about in the latest garb.
The building was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1965.,George R. Adams (December, 1996), National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: A.T. Stewart Company StorePDF (811 KiB), National Park Service and Accompanying photos, exterior, from 1976.PDF (342 KiB)
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