This is a list of flatiron buildings that are relatively notable. "Flatiron Building" is a name applied to a number of buildings shaped like a flatiron. One of the most famous is the Flatiron Building in New York City, which was finished in 1902. The name "Flatiron Building" may refer to many of the buildings listed below.
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Australia
Canada
At one time there were only ten flatiron buildings in Canada, with six within Ontario. Moses Block, a historic site in Sudbury was completed sometime between 1907 and 1915 by Hascal Moses and the Moses Family. The design of Moses Block was inspired by the famous Flatiron Building in New York City.
Building | Image | Dates | Location | City, Province | Description | |
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1 | Gibson Block | 1913 built | Jasper Ave. 53°32′37″N 113°28′57″W / 53.54360°N 113.48248°W |
Edmonton, Alberta | ||
2 | Flatiron Building (Lacombe, Alberta) | 1904 built | 50 Ave. & 49c Ave. 52°27′47″N 113°43′51″W / 52.46298°N 113.73083°W |
Lacombe, Alberta | ||
3 | Hotel Europe (Vancouver) | 1909 built | 43 Powell Street 49°17′0.23″N 123°6′13.13″W / 49.2833972°N 123.1036472°W |
Vancouver, British Columbia | ||
4 | Coffin Block Building | 1830s | Front Street and Wellington Street at Church Street | Toronto, Ontario | First flatiron building in Toronto; replaced by the Gooderham Building (see below). | |
5 | Gooderham Building, aka Flatiron Building | 1892 built 1975 Ontario landmark |
49 Wellington Street East | Toronto, Ontario | Romanesque Revival | |
6 | Moses Block | 1907–1915 | Toronto, Ontario | |||
7 | 25 The Esplanade | 1988 built | 25 The Esplanade 43°38′46″N 79°22′30″W / 43.64622°N 79.37513°W |
Toronto, Ontario | ||
8 | CIBC branch at 90 Danforth Avenue at Broadview Avenue | c. 1918 | 90 Danforth Avenue at Broadview Avenue | Toronto | by V.C. Horsburgh[1] | |
9 | former Dominion Bank at 533 St Clair Avenue West at Vaughan Road | c. 1912 | 533 St Clair Avenue West at Vaughan Road | Toronto, Ontario | [2] | |
10 | Moses Block | 1907 built | Durham at Elgin Street | Sudbury, Ontario | Built by the Moses family. | |
11 | The Delta Block | 1917 built 1922 second level added |
Main St. and King St. 43°14′38″N 79°49′29″W / 43.24391°N 79.82470°W |
Hamilton, Ontario | [3] Pizza Pizza. | |
12 | Rodier Building | 1875 built | Montreal, Québec | "Heritage Montreal, an organization dedicated to the protection of Montreal's heritage has placed this building in its list of ten threatened emblematic sites for 2012."[4] | ||
China
- Wukang Mansion, aka Normandie Apartments, Shanghai, 1924, 1836–1858 Middle Huaihai Road, Xuhui District
31°12′16″N 121°26′18″E / 31.2045°N 121.4383°E [ Compare: Normandie Hotel. ]
The Oi Kwan Hotel (Chinese: 爱群大酒店) in Guangzhou, China. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oi_Kwan_Hotel
Croatia
- Pegla (Zadar, Croatia)[5]
Finland
- Silitysrautatalo (Finnish for "Flatiron building") located in Ullanlinna district of Helsinki, corner of Vuorimiehenkatu and Muukalaiskatu [6][7]
Germany
- Bügeleisenhaus (Hattingen, Germany), a timber-framed house, now a museum, in Hattingen, Germany
51°23′51.72″N 7°11′01.21″E / 51.3977000°N 7.1836694°E
Hungary
- Vasalóház (Hungarian for "Flatiron Building"), (1913), 8 Takaréktár Street - 9 Horváth Mihály Street, Szeged, designed by Lipót Baumhorn (1860–1932)
46°15′18″N 20°09′01″E / 46.2551°N 20.1502°E[8]
Israel
- Bet Ha'Oniya (Hebrew for "Ship Building"), Tel Aviv, Israel, 1935
Italy
- Fetta di Polenta, Turin, 1840
Netherlands
- Het Strijkijzer (Dutch for "The Iron"), The Hague, 2007, Rijswijkseplein 400
52°04′17″N 4°19′27″E / 52.07138°N 4.3241°E
North Macedonia
Portugal
- Avenida da Liberdade, 155, Lisbon
38°43′10.56″N 9°08′44.81″W / 38.7196000°N 9.1457806°W
Slovenia
Spain
- Casa Antònia Serra i Mas, Barcelona
41°23′58″N 2°11′42″E / 41.39933°N 2.19504°E
Sweden
- Flat Iron Building (Stockholm), Sweden, 2009, LEEDS certified.[12]
59°20′09.19″N 18°02′56.99″E / 59.3358861°N 18.0491639°E
United Kingdom
Building | Image | Dates | Location | Town / City, County | Description | |
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1 | Flat Iron Building (Prescot) | 1890 built | 72 Eccleston Street 53°25′47.19″N 2°48′7.22″W / 53.4297750°N 2.8020056°W |
Prescot, Merseyside | Originally built as a warehouse and watchmaking factory as part of Prescot's watchmaking industry.[13] | |
2 | Imperial Buildings (Liverpool)[14] | 1879 built | Victoria Street. 53°24′30.08″N 2°59′1.07″W / 53.4083556°N 2.9836306°W |
Liverpool, Merseyside | Originally used as a bank and later used as offices for Liverpool City Council. | |
United States
KEY
NHL-designated | |
NRHP-listed | |
∞ | Contributing in a NRHP-listed Historic district |
Former building (demolished) | |
Building | Image | Dates | Location | City, State | Description | |
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1 | Flatiron Flats | 1985 built | 2 Center St. 36°24′09″N 93°44′13″W / 36.40252°N 93.73692°W |
Eureka Springs, Arkansas | In 1970-listed Eureka Springs Historic District; designed to be compatible with historic streetscape. | |
2 | Flatiron Building (Novato, California) | 1908 built | 701 Grant Avenue 38°06′24″N 122°33′55″W / 38.1066°N 122.5654°W |
Novato, California | Two stories. | |
3 | James Flood Building | 1904 built 1982 San Francisco Designated Landmark |
870 Market Street 37°47′06″N 122°24′27″W / 37.7849°N 122.4074°W |
San Francisco, California | One of few buildings of its size that survived the 1906 earthquake. Designed by Albert Pissus. | |
4 | Flatiron Building (San Francisco, California), 1907, aka Columbus Tower | 1907 built 1970 San Francisco Designated Landmark |
916 Kearny Street 37°47′47″N 122°24′18″W / 37.7964°N 122.4049°W |
San Francisco, California | Designed by Salfield & Kohlberg, developed by Abe Ruef | |
5 | Flatiron Building (San Francisco, California), 1913 | 1913 built 1982 San Francisco Designated Landmark |
540 Market Street |
San Francisco, California | ||
6 | Flatiron Building (Denver, Colorado) | 1923 built demolished |
Denver, Colorado | Former building designed by architect J.B. Benedict, across from Brown Palace Hotel which is sometimes mistaken for it. | ||
7 | Carroll Building, aka Flat Iron Building (Norwich, Connecticut) | 1887 built 1982 NRHP |
9–15 Main St., and 14–20 Water St. 41°31′27.6″N 72°4′46.6″W / 41.524333°N 72.079611°W |
Norwich, Connecticut | Romanesque Revival architecture designed by Stephen C. Earle. | |
8 | Flatiron Building (Auburndale, Florida), aka Triangle Building | 1912 built | Bartow & Main | Auburndale, Florida | a bank building[15] | |
9 | Flatiron Building (Atlanta, Georgia), aka English-American Building | 1897 built 1976 NRHP 1991 Atlanta Landmark Building |
84 Peachtree Street NW 33°45′22″N 84°23′19″W / 33.7562°N 84.3885°W |
Atlanta, Georgia | 11 stories, designed by Bradford Gilbert | |
10 | Morris B. Sachs Building | 2800 N. Milwaukee (Milwaukee & Diversey) | Chicago, Illinois | |||
11 | Flatiron Building (Wicker Park, Chicago, Illinois) | 1925 built | Milwaukee Avenue, North Avenue, and Damen Avenue, Wicker Park district of West Town 41°54′37″N 87°40′37″W / 41.91028°N 87.67694°W |
Chicago, Illinois | ||
12 | Flatiron Building (Wichita, Kansas) | 1917 built | E. 21st St. and N. Broadway 37°43′21″N 97°20′08″W / 37.72240°N 97.33547°W |
Wichita, Kansas | a two-story building at 21st Street, with Broadway on one side and a railroad track on the other side; it is 12 feet wide on one end and 65 feet wide on the other end) | |
13 | Howard Southern Triangle Building | 1926 built | 833 Howard Ave. (between Howard Ave. and St. Joseph St.) 29°56′41″N 90°04′27″W / 29.94476°N 90.07425°W |
New Orleans, Louisiana | [16] | |
14 | Hay Building, aka Flatiron Building (Portland, Maine) | 1925 built | At Congress Square, between Congress St. and Free St. 43°39′15″N 70°15′45″W / 43.65426°N 70.26262°W |
Portland, Maine | ||
15 | Maryland Inn | 1782 built | Church Circle, between Main St. and Duke of Gloucester St. 38°58′41″N 76°29′32″W / 38.97818°N 76.49214°W |
Annapolis, Maryland | ||
16 | Flatiron Building (Boston, Massachusetts), aka Bulfinch Hotel | 107 Merrimac Street 42°21′50″N 71°03′45″W / 42.36393°N 71.06239°W |
Boston, Massachusetts | [17][18] | ||
17 | Flatiron Building (Fall River, Massachusetts) | 1908 built | Between 2nd St. and Plymouth Ave. 41°41′26″N 71°09′33″W / 41.69059°N 71.15908°W |
Fall River, Massachusetts | ||
18 | Parsons Block, aka Flatiron Building | Holyoke, Massachusetts | ||||
19 | I.O.O.F. Centennial Building | 1876 built 1903 addition 1979 Michigan State Historic Site 2015 NRHP |
150 E. Chisholm Street 45°03′40″N 83°25′57″W / 45.06111°N 83.43250°W |
Alpena, Michigan | Late Victorian, Italianate designed by William Mirre | |
20 | Lafayette Building (Detroit, Michigan) | 1923 built 2009–2010 demolished |
144 West Lafayette Blvd. 42°19′53″N 83°02′56″W / 42.33143°N 83.04879°W |
Detroit, Michigan | ||
21 | Flatiron Hotel | 1912 built 1978 NRHP |
1722 St. Mary's Avenue41°15′19.2″N 95°56′22.1″W / 41.255333°N 95.939472°W | Omaha, Nebraska | Georgian Revival | |
22 | Flatiron Building (Auburn, New York) | 1970 NRHP 1978 delisted |
1-3 Genesee St. 42°55′59″N 76°33′50″W / 42.93307°N 76.56393°W |
Auburn, New York | This building was on the list of National Register of Historic Places in Cayuga County, but was demolished in 1975.[19] | |
23 | Flat Iron Building (Goshen, New York) | 1906 or before built | 25 Main St. |
Goshen, New York | [20][21][22] | |
24 | 47 Plaza Street West | 1928 built | 47–61 Plaza Street West (at Grand Army Plaza), Park Slope 40°40′24″N 73°58′17″W / 40.673234°N 73.971441°W |
Brooklyn, New York City | 16-floor Venetian Gothic design by Rosario Candela | |
25 | Flatiron Building, aka Fuller Building | 1902 built 1966 NYC Landmark 1979 NRHP 1989 NHL |
Fifth Ave. 40°44′28″N 73°59′23″W / 40.74111°N 73.98972°W |
New York, New York | Designed by Daniel Burnham in Renaissance Revival style. | |
26 | Flatiron Building (Asheville, North Carolina) | 1925 built 1979 NRHP CP |
Battery Park Avenue 35°35′42″N 82°33′19″W / 35.5950°N 82.5552°W |
Asheville, North Carolina | Beaux-Arts in style, part of Downtown Asheville Historic District | |
27 | Flatiron Building (Grand Forks, North Dakota) | 1906 built 1982 NRHP 2006 delisted |
323 Kittson Ave. 47°55′25.3″N 97°1′47.2″W / 47.923694°N 97.029778°W |
Grand Forks, North Dakota | Destroyed in 1997 Red River flood. | |
28 | Flatiron Building (Akron, Ohio) | 1907 built | Akron, Ohio | [23] | ||
29 | H.A. Higgins Building, aka Flatiron Building (Columbus, Ohio) | 1914 built 1979 NRHP 1984 Columbus Register of Historic Places |
129 E. Nationwide Blvd. 39°58′08″N 82°59′53″W / 39.968774°N 82.998062°W |
Columbus, Ohio | Designed by Herbert Aloysius Higgins | |
30 | Flatiron Building (Portland, Oregon) | 1916 built 1989 NRHP 2010 Portland Historic Landmark |
1223–1225 SW Stark Street 45°31′22″N 122°41′01″W / 45.522834°N 122.683696°W |
Portland, Oregon | ||
30.5 | Portland Flatiron Building (2018) | 2018 built | N. Cook St. 45°32′48″N 122°40′33″W / 45.54673°N 122.67592°W |
Portland, Oregon | A mixed-use building designed by Works Progress Architecture that utilizes CLT to accommodate for the significant grade change on site. [24][note 1] | |
31 | Flatiron Building, aka Wilbur Trust Building | 40°36′37″N 75°23′00″W / 40.61023°N 75.38323°W | Bethlehem, Pennsylvania | [25] | ||
32 | Rufus Barrett Stone House, aka Flatiron Building (Bradford, Pennsylvania) | 1903 built 1982 NRHP |
11 Boylston Street 41°57′25.5″N 78°38′59.5″W / 41.957083°N 78.649861°W |
Bradford, Pennsylvania | ||
33 | Flatiron Building (Brownsville, Pennsylvania) | 1830 built | 69 Market Street 40°01′21″N 79°53′09″W / 40.02257°N 79.88582°W |
Brownsville, Pennsylvania | Now the Flatiron Building Heritage Center | |
34 | Flatiron Building (Pittston, Pennsylvania) | 1906 built | Pittston, Pennsylvania | |||
35 |
Flatiron Hotel Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania |
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1906 Built |
Corners of South Main, Ross and Hazle Streets | Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania | |
36 | Pete's Clothing/ Hodge Bootery Flat iron Building | 1903 built | Between State Street and Railroad Street, at U.S. Route 85 CanAm Highway 44°40′17″N 103°51′12″W / 44.67130°N 103.85333°W |
Belle Fourche, South Dakota | ||
37 | Flatiron Building (Chattanooga, Tennessee) | 1911 built | Between Walnut St. and Georgia Ave. 35°02′53″N 85°18′26″W / 35.04799°N 85.30725°W |
Chattanooga, Tennessee | ||
37 | Flatiron Building (Fort Worth, Texas) | 1907 built 1971 NRHP |
1000 Houston St. 32°45′1″N 97°19′46″W / 32.75028°N 97.32944°W |
Fort Worth, Texas | ||
38 | Flatiron Building (Bellingham, Washington) | 1908 built 1983 NRHP |
1311-1319 Bay St. 48°45′06″N 122°28′51″W / 48.75171°N 122.48076°W |
Bellingham, Washington | [26] | |
40 | Pullman Flatiron Building | 1905 built | E. Main St. & S. Grand Ave. 46°43′46″N 117°10′55″W / 46.72955°N 117.18182°W |
Pullman, Washington | ||
40 | Flat Iron Building (Welch, West Virginia) | 1915 built 1992 NRHP CP |
73 McDowell 37°25′56″N 81°35′08″W / 37.43214°N 81.58567°W |
Welch, West Virginia | ||
41 | Emily Morgan Hotel (San Antonio) | 1924 built
2012 National Trust for Historic Preservation |
705 E Houston St.
29.42658°N 98.48575°W
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San Antonio, Texas | ||
42 | Times Square Building | 1916 built | 414 Olive Way
47.61255°N 122.33808°W
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Seattle, Washington | ||
43 | Phelan Building | 1908 built | 760 Market Street
37.7865828°N 122.4055023°W
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San Francisco, California
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See also
- Flatiron (disambiguation)
- Flatiron District, Manhattan
Notes
- ↑ Photo may not be available as copyrighted work of art.
References
- ↑ "TOBuilt: Detailed Structure Information". Archived from the original on 2013-03-24. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
- ↑ "TOBuilt: Detailed Structure Information". Archived from the original on 2016-04-14. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
- ↑ "Delta Block".
- ↑ "Rodier Building".
- ↑ "Grad nije dao prostorije Zriliću nego HSLS-u". Retrieved 16 April 2013.
- ↑ ""Silitysrautatalo" Kaivopuistossa sai vaikutteita Amerikasta" ["Flatiron House" in Kaivopuisto was inspired by America] (in Finnish). 25 October 2017 [25 October 2017]. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
- ↑ The Helsinki Flatiron building
- ↑ "The Flat Iron House (Apartment building)". ArtNouveu.org. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
- ↑ "Adora Flatiron". Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- ↑ Adora Flatiron l SKOPJE l 65 m l 16 fl. Skyscraper City. Available online but can't be linked here. Includes 1:20 video.
- ↑ Photo may be seen at sl:Peglezen
- ↑ Flat Iron Building
- ↑ Molyneux, Jess (14 July 2019). "Merseyside has a Flat Iron Building - and it's older than New York's". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
- ↑ "Imperial Buildings". Retrieved 20 June 2023.
- ↑ "Triangle building at corner of Bartow and Main – Auburndale, Florida". Florida Memory.
- ↑ Robin Shannon (December 27, 2013). "Howard Triangle Building set for apartment conversion". New Orleans City Business.
- ↑ Alice Dubois (October 9, 2005). "The Bulfinch Hotel in Boston". New York Times.
- ↑ The Other Flatiron
- ↑ "Flatiron Building Going". The Post-Standard. January 2, 1975. p. 7. Retrieved August 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ 1906 postcard
- ↑ Loop.net
- ↑ postcard at ebay
- ↑ "Flatiron Building, Akron – 265381 – EMPORIS". www.emporis.com. Archived from the original on June 11, 2015.
- ↑ Jenna McKnight (26 November 2019). "Works Progress Architecture creates triangular Portland Flatiron building for unusual site". Retrieved February 12, 2023.
- ↑ "History's Headlines: Local man re-discovers archives of once prominent Bethlehem architect A.W. Leh". WFMZ. May 26, 2012. Updated Oct 9, 2019.
- ↑ archieved PDF
External links
Media related to Buildings called flatiron at Wikimedia Commons