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Also known as Bank of Manhattan Trust building, Manhattan Company Building, Trump Building

Office skyscraper in Manhattan, New York

Key facts

Alternative names
Trump Building, Manhattan Company Building
Preceded by
Woolworth Building
Surpassed by
Chrysler Building
Type
Office building
Architectural style
Neo-Gothic
Location
40 Wall Street, Manhattan , New York, U.S.
Construction started
May 1929 ; 97 years ago ( 1929-05 )
Topped out
November 13, 1929 ; 96 years ago ( 1929-11-13 )
Completed
May 1, 1930 ; 96 years ago ( 1930-05-01 )
Opening
May 26, 1930 ; 96 years ago ( 1930-05-26 )
Owner
40 Wall Street Holdings Corp
Landlord
The Trump Organization
Architectural
927 ft (283 m)
Top floor
836 ft (255 m)
Floor count
70 (+2 below ground)
Floor area
1,111,675 ft (103,278.0 m )
Architects
H. Craig Severance (main architect), Yasuo Matsui (associate architect), Shreve & Lamb (consulting architect)
Area
less than one acre

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Official website

40 Wall Street – The Trump Building

40wallstreet.com

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
skyscraper
Located in
Manhattan
Owned by
MetLife
Material used
granite
Official website
www.40wallstreet.com
Image
40 Wall Street.jpg
Height
284
Has use
office
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price
1250000
Commons category
40 Wall Street
floors above ground
70
number of elevators
36
inception
1930-00-00
located on street
Wall Street
capital cost
24000000
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Encyclopedic overview

40 Wall Street (also the Trump Building; formerly the Bank of Manhattan Trust Building and Manhattan Company Building) is a 927-foot-tall (283 m) neo-Gothic skyscraper on Wall Street between Nassau and William streets in the Financial District of Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S. Erected in 1929–1930 as the headquarters of the Manhattan Company, the building was designed by H. Craig Severance with Yasuo Matsui and Shreve & Lamb. The building is a New York City designated landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP); it is also a contributing property to the Wall Street Historic District, an NRHP district.

The building is on an L-shaped site. While the lower section has a facade of limestone, the upper stories incorporate a buff-colored brick facade and contain numerous setbacks. The facade also includes spandrels between the windows on each story, which are recessed behind the vertical piers on the facade. At the top of the building is a pyramid with a spire at its pinnacle. Inside, the lower floors contained the Manhattan Company's double-height banking room, a board room, a trading floor, and two basements with vaults. The remaining stories were rented to tenants; there were private clubs on several floors, as well as an observation deck on the 69th and 70th floors.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “40 Wall Street” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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