Brown Building (Manhattan)

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
(2011)
Brown Building (Manhattan) is located in Manhattan
Brown Building (Manhattan)
Brown Building (Manhattan) is located in New York
Brown Building (Manhattan)
Brown Building (Manhattan) is located in the United States
Brown Building (Manhattan)
Location23–29 Washington Pl, Manhattan, New York City
Coordinates40°43′48″N 73°59′43″W / 40.73000°N 73.99528°W / 40.73000; -73.99528
Built1900–01[1]
ArchitectJohn Woolley
Architectural styleNeo-Renaissance
NRHP reference No.91002050
NYSRHP No.06101.001819
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJuly 17, 1991[3]
Designated NYSRHPJuly 17, 1991[2]
Designated NYCLMarch 25, 2003

The Brown Building is a ten-story building that is part of the campus of New York University (NYU), which owns it.[4] It is located at 23–29 Washington Place, between Greene Street and Washington Square East in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, and is best known as the location of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of March 25, 1911, which killed 146 people. The Triangle Fire Memorial is now located there.[5]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and was named a National Historical Landmark in 1991.[6][7] It was designated a New York City landmark on the 92nd anniversary of the fire in 2003.[8]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference nycland was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. November 7, 2014. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  3. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  4. ^ "23 Washington Place, Manhattan" New York City Geographic Information System map
  5. ^ Goldman, Karla (2023-10-20). "A memorial in Yiddish, Italian and English tells the stories of Triangle Shirtwaist fire victims − testament not only to tragedy but to immigrant women's fight to remake labor laws". The Conversation. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
  6. ^ Miller, Page Putnam (September 26, 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory" (pdf). National Park Service.
  7. ^ Staff (September 26, 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory - Accompanying 3 photos, exterior, from 1989" (pdf). National Park Service.
  8. ^ Harris, Gale (March 25, 2003) "Brown Building (formerly Asch Building) Designation Report" Archived 2012-08-07 at the Wayback Machine New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission