150 Nassau Street

150 Nassau Street
Former names	American Tract Society Building
Alternative names	Park Place Tower
General information
Type	Office and residential
Architectural style	Romanesque Revival and Renaissance Revival
Address	150 Nassau Street
Town or city	New York City
Country	United States
Coordinates	40°42′41″N 74°00′21″W / 40.71139°N 74.00583°W / 40.71139; -74.00583
Construction started	1894
Completed	1895
Height	291 feet (89 m)
Technical details
Material	granite, brick, terracotta
Floor count	23
Lifts/elevators	6
Design and construction
Architect(s)	R. H. Robertson
Developer	American Tract Society
Engineer	William Williams Crehore
Main contractor	John Downey
American Tract Society Building
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
New York City Landmark No. 2038
Location	150 Nassau Street, Manhattan, New York
Built	1894–1895
Architect	R. H. Robertson
Architectural style	Romanesque Revival, Renaissance Revival
Part of	Fulton–Nassau Historic District (ID05000988)
NYCL No.	2038
Significant dates
Designated CP	September 7, 2005[3]
Designated NYCL	June 15, 1999[2]
References
[1]

150 Nassau Street, also known as the Park Place Tower and the American Tract Society Building, is a 23-story, 291-foot (89 m) building in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. It is located at the southeast corner of Spruce Street and Nassau Street, next to 8 Spruce Street, the former New York Times Building, and New York City Hall.

150 Nassau Street was built in 1894–1895 as the headquarters of the American Tract Society (ATS), a nonprofit, nonsectarian but evangelical organization that distributed religious tracts. Designed by the architect R. H. Robertson, it is one of the first skyscrapers built from a steel skeleton and was among New York City's tallest buildings when it was completed.

150 Nassau Street is located near Park Row, which contained several newspaper headquarters. The building failed to make a profit during ATS's occupancy, and the New York Life Insurance Company foreclosed on the building in 1914. After ATS moved out, the New York Sun occupied the building from 1914 to 1919. The building's 10th through 23rd floors were converted into condominiums between 1999 and 2002. In 1999, it was designated as a city landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. The American Tract Society Building is also a contributing property to the Fulton–Nassau Historic District, a National Register of Historic Places district created in 2005.