Austin, Nichols and Company Warehouse
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The Austin, Nichols and Company Warehouse at 184 Kent Ave. in Brooklyn, New York was built in 1915. It was designated a New York City Landmark in 2005 (overturned by the City Council) and later listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 2007.
It was designed by noted architect Cass Gilbert
. It was built by Aus Gunvald, an engineer, and the Turner Construction Co. It reflects Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements architecture.
It served as a manufacturing facility and is listed for architectural criteria. The listing was for one contributing building on less than one acre.
It was extraordinary for its use of reinforced concrete
on a huge scale.
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 2007.
It was designed by noted architect Cass Gilbert
Cass Gilbert
- Historical impact :Gilbert is considered a skyscraper pioneer; when designing the Woolworth Building he moved into unproven ground — though he certainly was aware of the ground-breaking work done by Chicago architects on skyscrapers and once discussed merging firms with the legendary Daniel...
. It was built by Aus Gunvald, an engineer, and the Turner Construction Co. It reflects Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements architecture.
It served as a manufacturing facility and is listed for architectural criteria. The listing was for one contributing building on less than one acre.
It was extraordinary for its use of reinforced concrete
Reinforced concrete
Reinforced concrete is concrete in which reinforcement bars , reinforcement grids, plates or fibers have been incorporated to strengthen the concrete in tension. It was invented by French gardener Joseph Monier in 1849 and patented in 1867. The term Ferro Concrete refers only to concrete that is...
on a huge scale.