Robbins & Appleton Building

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Robbins & Appleton Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New York City Landmark No. 1038

(2010)
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Location	1-5 Bond St., Manhattan, New York City
Coordinates	40°43′36″N 73°59′41″W / 40.72667°N 73.99472°W / 40.72667; -73.99472
Built	1879-1880
Architect	Stephen Decatur Hatch
Architectural style	Second Empire
NRHP reference No.	82001204^[1]
NYCL No.	1038
Added to NRHP	October 29, 1982
Designated NYCL	June 19, 1979^[2]

The Robbins & Appleton Building is a historic building at 1–5 Bond Street between Broadway and Lafayette Street in the NoHo neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. Built in 1879–1880, it was designed by architect Stephen Decatur Hatch in the Second Empire style. The building features an ornate cast iron facade and mansard roof; it was originally used for the manufacture of watch cases^[3] and by publisher D. Appleton & Company.^[4] It was converted in 1986 to residential use.^[5]^[6]^[7]

The building was designated a New York City landmark in 1979,^[2]^[4] and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

References

Notes

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Robbins & Appleton Building" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. June 19, 1979. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
^ NoHo Landmarks
^ ^a ^b New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission; Dolkart, Andrew S.; Postal, Matthew A. (2009). Postal, Matthew A. (ed.). Guide to New York City Landmarks (4th ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-470-28963-1.
^ "Robbins & Appleton Building, 1 Bond Street". Douglass Ellman Read Estate. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
^ White, Norval; Willensky, Elliot (2000). AIA Guide to New York City (4th ed.). New York: Crown Publishers. p. 160. ISBN 978-0-8129-3107-5.
^ Anne B. Covell (August 1982). National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP Robbins & Appleton Building. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved November 10, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)

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