D. H. Burnham & Co.; Daniel Burnham and Frederick P. Dinkelberg
The Chicago School's skyscraper experience, translated into a difficult Manhattan triangle.
History
A steel-frame wedge in historic dress.
Daniel Burnham, Frederick P. Dinkelberg, the Fuller Company, Madison Square, and the landmark protections that kept the prow intact.
Design read
Beaux-Arts ornament over a modern steel-frame idea.
1902
Built
285 ft
Height
1966
NYC Landmark
Beaux-Arts steel-frame triangular skyscraper
French Renaissance / Beaux-Arts surface detail on an early steel-frame skyscraper.
Fuller Company moves on the triangular site
The Fuller Company assembled the Fifth Avenue, Broadway, and 22nd Street parcel for a headquarters that would turn an awkward block into a skyline symbol.
A steel-frame skyscraper opens
The building opened as the Fuller Building, designed by D. H. Burnham & Co. with a French Renaissance / Beaux-Arts exterior over a modern steel frame.
NYC landmark protection
The Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the Flatiron Building as LP-0219 on September 20, 1966.
National recognition
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 and recognized as a National Historic Landmark in 1989.
Office-to-residential conversion
The Brodsky Organization, Sorgente Group, and partners advanced a private-residence conversion with Studio Sofield interiors.
Photo references
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Public domainFlatiron Building, 1910
Irving Underhill / Shorpy upload via Wikimedia Commons
CC BY-SA 2.0Broadway and Fifth Avenue wedge
chrisinphilly5448
Public Domain MarkFacade ornament close-up
chrisinphilly5448
CC BY 3.02012 portrait
Jean-Christophe BENOIST
Public domainFuller Building, circa 1903
Unknown author / Library of Congress