The Edward Laing Stores Building, also known as the James Bogardus Building, was a commercial building in New York City. It was the first ever cast-iron building built in New York city and in the United States.[1]
Edgar Hall Laing Sr. commissioned architect James Bogardus to build a store. The James Bogardus Building was built at the northwest corner of Murray Street in 1848. The building was completed in 1849. [1]
Architecture and features
The structure was revolutionary for its time. It had a pre-fabricated cast iron frame system which allowed it to be completed with the same number of workmen in half the time of a masonry structure as parts of the facade were mass-produced in factories and foundries. It was the first self-supporting multi-story structure with iron walls.[1]
Demolition
The building was dismantled in 1971 when the neighborhood was going through an urban renewal plan. Originally, the building was supposed to be rebuilt on another site but its panels were left in a nearby vacant lot and consequently stolen to be sold for scrap.[1]
Legacy
The 89 Murray Luxury Apartments are now located on the site.
Gallery
Edward Laing Store building before it was dismantled
The Edward Laing Stores building in a very bad state around the time it was dismantled
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