| 1 William Street | |
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| General information | |
| Location | New York, New York, USA |
| Coordinates | |
| Construction started | 1906 |
| Completed | 1907 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 11 |
| Design and construction | |
| Main contractor | George A. Fuller Company |
| Architect | Francis Kimball, Julian C. Levi |
| References | |
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1 William Street is an office building located in New York City.
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The building, completed in 1907, was built for J & W Seligman, an investment bank. In 1928, the building was acquired by Lehman Brothers, another investment bank, which remained headquartered there until 1980. The building is presently owned by Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy's largest bank. In 1996, the building was designated as a landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission.
This building is noted in Stephen Birmingham's book, "Our Crowd: The Great Jewish Families of New York" (Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, Evanston and London, 1967, pg. 43). "James [Seligman] found a corner location in downtown Manhattan and rented it. 'J. [for Joseph] Seligman & Brothers, Merchants' opened for business at No. 5 William Street in 1846."
The footnote goes on to say: "On this corner, later renumbered One William Street, would eventually rise the ornate eleven-story headquarters of J. & W. Seligman & Company. This wedge-shaped building, topped by a Romanesque tower, is now a landmark of the financial district . . ."
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