American Surety Building

The American Surety Building (also known as the Bank of Tokyo Building or 100 Broadway) is an office building and <a href="/facts/Early_skyscrapers/G649cqJv">early skyscraper</a> at Pine Street and <a href="/facts/Broadway_(Manhattan)/9EqgXlp2">Broadway</a> in the <a href="/facts/Financial_District%2c_Manhattan/bfINlsva">Financial District</a> of <a href="/facts/Manhattan/fF9JeXjh">Manhattan</a> in <a href="/facts/New_York_City/YlyvFmVC">New York City</a>, across from <a href="/facts/Trinity_Church_(Manhattan)/h9qBGVGg">Trinity Church</a>. The building was designed in a <a href="/facts/Neo-Renaissance/t9oXA3Ss">Neo-Renaissance</a> style by <a href="/facts/Bruce_Price/DTtbspqs">Bruce Price</a> with a later expansion by <a href="/facts/Herman_Lee_Meader/CXBk21kf">Herman Lee Meader</a>. It is 388 feet (118 m) tall, with either 23 or 26 stories. It was one of Manhattan's first buildings with steel framing and curtain wall construction.
The American Surety Building contains a facade of Maine granite. Its <a href="/facts/Articulation_(architecture)/rcgfkI5X">articulation</a> consists of three horizontal sections similar to the components of a <a href="/facts/Column/NDtghP75">column</a>, namely a base, shaft, and <a href="/facts/Capital_(architecture)/A4Dxlbdg">capital</a>, making the American Surety Building one of the earliest New York City skyscrapers to feature such a layout. The facade contains several ornamental features, including sculptural elements designed by <a href="/facts/J._Massey_Rhind/DWLYo9GE">J. Massey Rhind</a>. In addition, the American Surety Building uses an interior skeleton of structural steel, as well as a cantilevered steel structure for its <a href="/facts/Foundation_(engineering)/ACVkQsDy">foundations</a>.
The building was erected between 1894 and 1896 as a 21-story structure, which was the <a href="/facts/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_New_York_City/UdI6KCao">second tallest building in New York City</a> when completed. Between 1920 and 1922, an annex was built to designs by Meader, increasing the floor area and adding two stories to the building. A later tenant, <a href="/facts/The_Bank_of_Tokyo/Xw28u2e5">the Bank of Tokyo</a>, hired Kajima International to restore the lower 13 stories between 1973 and 1975. The American Surety Building was made a <a href="/facts/New_York_City_Landmarks_Preservation_Commission/00NH9xxv">New York City designated landmark</a> in 1995.

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American Surety Building