Emblem: DESIGNATED LANDMARK - NEW YORK CITY

CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS BUILDING
597 FIFTH AVENUE
DESIGNED BY THE PROMINENT AMERICAN ARCHITECT ERNEST FLAGG (1857-1947), THIS BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED AS A STORE AND OFFICES IN 1912-13 FOR CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS, ONE OF AMERICA’S MOST PRESTIGIOUS PUBLISHING HOUSES. FLAGG, AN EXPONENT OF FRENCH BEAUX-ARTS DESIGN PRINCIPLES, CREATED A TEN-STORY, FRENCH-INSPIRED, LIMESTONE-FRONTED BUILDING WITH A FACADE THAT REFLECTS THE NATURE OF THE STEEL SKELETON FRAME AND FEATURES DELICATE ORNAMENTATION AND AN ELEGANT IRON SHOPFRONT. THE VAULTED INTERIOR RETAIL SPACE WAS DESIGNED TO RESEMBLE A SMALL LIBRARY, AND ITS PLASTER CEILING CONTAINS CARTOUCHES EMBELLISHED WITH CHARLES SCRIBNER’S INITIALS AS WELL AS OPEN BOOKS AND LAMPS OF LEARNING. THE SCRIBNER BUILDING IS AN BLEGANT AND SOPHISTICATED EXAMPLE OF THIS WELL-KNOWN ARCHITECT’S COMMERCIAL WORK.

NEW YORK LANDMARKS PRESERVATION FOUNDATION
2013

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