254 Canal Street

Infobox_nrhp | name =Building at 254-260 Canal Street
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location= New York, New York
lat_degrees = 40
lat_minutes = 43
lat_seconds = 6
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 74
long_minutes = 0
long_seconds = 5
long_direction = W
locmapin = New York
area =
architect= James Bogardus
architecture= Renaissance
added = June 07, 2006
governing_body = Private
refnum=06000475cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

254 Canal Street, a New York City landmarked building, is one of the most notable buildings by James Bogardus, the pioneer of Cast-iron architecture. [Margot Gayle, Cast Iron Architecture in America, Dover Books, 1974, p. 166]

Built in 1856-7 for George Bruce, an prosperous printer and inventor of new technologies in the printing industry which was then one of New York's leading industiries. The use of cast iron columns in the large, five-story tall building enabled the installation of large windows that improved manufacturing conditions and efficiency. The lot had become available because a lumber mill standing on the site had recently been destroyed by fire, making fire-retardant cast iron construction attractive. [Margot Gayle, Cast Iron Architecture in America, Dover Books, 1974, p. 166]

The mildly Italinate style of the building, makes it a particularly handsome example of nineteenth century insdustrial architecture. [Margot Gayle, Cast Iron Architecture in America, Dover Books, 1974, p. 166]

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