361 Broadway

361 Broadway
361 Broadway is located in Lower Manhattan
361 Broadway
361 Broadway
361 Broadway is located in New York
361 Broadway
361 Broadway
361 Broadway is located in the United States
361 Broadway
361 Broadway
Location361 Broadway at Franklin Street,
Manhattan, New York City
Coordinates40°43′3″N 74°0′14″W / 40.71750°N 74.00389°W / 40.71750; -74.00389
Built1881–1882
ArchitectW. Wheeler Smith (original)
Shigeru Ban (renovation architect)
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference No.83001718
NYCL No.1225
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 15, 1983
Designated NYCLJuly 27, 1982

Cast Iron House (361 Broadway) at the corner of Franklin Street and Broadway in the Tribeca neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, formerly known as the James White Building, was built in 1881–82 and was designed by W. Wheeler Smith in the Italianate style. It features a cast-iron facade, and is a good example of late cast-iron architecture. The building was renovated by architect Joseph Pell Lombardi in 2000, and a restoration of the facade began in 2009. The building once housed the offices of Scientific American from 1884 to 1915, but it was primarily used in connection with the textile trade.

The building was designated a New York City landmark on July 27, 1982, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 15, 1983.

In 2014, Shigeru Ban Architects announced plans to convert the James White Building into a 13-unit luxury condominium building, known as the Cast Iron House. A gut renovation was completed in 2021, with contemporary double-height living spaces inserted behind the restored cast-iron façade. As part of the project, the existing floor slabs were removed, and the six-story structure was expanded to seven stories. A two-story penthouse structure, with two duplex apartments, was installed on the roof of 361 Broadway using a Vierendeel truss system. To avoid adding stress to the historic façade, the independent structural system was devised to manage the additional load of the new penthouse floor using the existing foundation.

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