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Scribner Building
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National Register of Historic Places

Scribner Building

Also known as Old Scribner Building

On the National Register since 198046 years
French Beaux Arts DesignListed 1980New York City
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About Scribner Building

Scribner Building, at 153--157 5th Ave., was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 6, 1980. The Register lists it for its architecture, at the local level. 16 more Register listings are within a quarter mile.

What it isCommercial building in Manhattan, New York. From Wikidata (CC0). Read about it on Wikipedia ↗

PDFRead the original nominationThe form that put it on the Register, with its history, photos and a map · 29 MB · National Archives↗
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Make it a walk: 5 landmarks in about 10 minutes

153--157 5th Ave., New York City · about 0.3 miles on foot, as the crow flies

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  1. 1Scribner BuildingStart here
  2. 2Flatiron BuildingBuilt 1902 · next door
  3. 3Sidewalk Clock at 200 5th Avenue, ManhattanObject · next door
  4. 4Metropolitan Life Insurance CompanyBuilt 1909 · 0.1 mi on
  5. 5Metropolitan Life Home Office ComplexLate 19th and 20th Century Revival · next door
Around it

49 more Register listings within half a mile

★ National Historic Landmark · D district · B building · S site. Each opens its own page.

BTheodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic SiteBuilt 19230.1 miBBank of the MetropolisLate 19th and 20th Century Revivals · Built 19020.2 miBDecker BuildingLate 19th and 20th Century American Movements0.2 miBCentury BuildingLate Victorian · Built 18810.2 miBHouse at 17 West 16th StreetGreek Revival0.2 mi★Sanger, Margaret, ClinicGreek Revival0.2 miBChurch Missions HouseBuilding0.2 mi★United Charities Building ComplexRenaissance Revival0.2 miBBuilding at 304 Park Avenue SouthLate 19th and 20th Century Revivals0.2 miBChurch of the Holy Communion and BuildingsGothic Revival · Built 18440.2 miBAppellate Division Courthouse of New York StateItalian Renaissance0.2 miBTrinity Chapel ComplexGothic Revival · Built 18550.2 miSt14th Street-Union Square Subway Station (IRT; Dual System BMT)Beaux-Arts · Built 19040.3 miBLincoln BuildingRomanesque Revival · Built 18870.3 mi★Union SquareSite0.3 miBGermania Life Insurance Company BuildingLate 19th and 20th Century Revivals · Built 19110.3 mi★Samuel J. Tilden HouseVictorian Gothic · Built 18400.3 mi★The PlayersItalian Renaissance · Built 18450.3 mi
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BHouse at 20 West 16th St.Mid-19th Century0.3 miDGramercy Park Historic DistrictDistrict0.3 miBUS Post Office-Madison Square StationClassical Revival0.3 miBGeorge Washington HotelBuilt 19300.3 mi★69th Regiment ArmoryEarly 20th Century Beaux Arts0.3 mi★New York Life BuildingBuilt 19280.3 miBHotel ChelseaBuilding0.3 miSNew York Marble CemeteryBuilt 18300.4 miBHotel AlbertLate Victorian0.4 miBMacmillan BuildingLate 19th and 20th Century Revivals · Built 19250.4 miBChurch of the Immaculate Conception and Clergy HousesFrench Gothic Revival0.4 miSt28th Street Subway Station (IRT)Beaux-Arts0.4 miBSeville HotelLate 19th and 20th Century Revivals0.4 miBPrince George HotelLate 19th and 20th Century Revivals0.4 miBChurch of the Transfiguration and RectoryGothic Revival · Built 18490.4 miBMarble Collegiate Reformed ChurchRomanesque Revival · Built 19800.4 miBGilsey HotelRenaissance · Built 18710.4 miBThe WilbrahamBuilding0.4 miBVan Tassell and Kearney Horse Auction MartLate 19th and 20th Century Revivals0.5 miBBuilding at 821 BroadwayBuilt 19060.5 mi★Church of the Ascension (Protestant Episcopal)Early English Gothic0.5 miDStuyvesant Square Historic DistrictLate 19th Century0.5 mi★St. George's Episcopal ChurchRomanesque · Built 18560.5 miBSociety for the Lying-In HospitalClassical Revival0.5 mi★Gen. Winfield Scott HouseAnglo-Italianate0.5 mi★Chester A. Arthur HouseBuilding0.5 miBWomen’s Liberation CenterBuilding0.5 miBNew York School of Applied DesignNeoclassical · Built 19090.5 miBOld Colony ClubGeorgian Revival Style · Built 19030.5 miStWest 28th Street Subway Station (Dual System IRT)Arts and Crafts0.5 miBGrand HotelFrench Second Empire Style · Built 18680.5 mi

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Questions about Scribner Building

Is Scribner Building on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on May 6, 1980 (Register number 80002715).

Is Scribner Building a National Historic Landmark?

No. It is on the National Register; New York has 273 National Historic Landmarks. The nearest is Flatiron Building, 0.1 miles away.

Can you visit Scribner Building?

Our record doesn’t say whether it is open to visitors. Many listed buildings are private, so it may only be seen from the street.

Where can I read the history of Scribner Building?

In its National Register nomination, the form that put it on the Register: a 29 MB PDF at the National Archives, linked on this page.

Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · National Archives catalog record 75319888 · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.