The Scribner Building, also known as Old Scribner Building, was designed by Ernest Flagg

Ernest Flagg

Ernest Flagg was a noted American architect in the Beaux-Arts style. He was also an advocate for urban reform and architecture's social responsibility.-Biography:...

 in a Beaux Arts style and was built in 1893. It is located at 153-157th Fifth Avenue in Manhattan

Manhattan

Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...

, at 21st Street. It served as the corporate headquarters of Charles Scribner's Sons

Charles Scribner's Sons

Charles Scribner's Sons, or simply Scribner, is an American publisher based in New York City, known for publishing a number of American authors including Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Kurt Vonnegut, Stephen King, Robert A. Heinlein, Thomas Wolfe, George Santayana, John Clellon...

 publishing company.

The Scribner Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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 in 1980.

Ernest Flagg also designed its successor building, the Charles Scribner's Sons Building

Charles Scribner's Sons Building

Charles Scribner's Sons Building is a building in Manhattan at 597 Fifth Avenue, built 1912-13 to house the Scribner's Bookstore.It was designed by Ernest Flagg in a Beaux Arts style...

, at 597 Fifth Avenue.