10 West 56th Street is a commercial building in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. It is along 56th Street's southern sidewalk between Fifth Avenue and Sixth Avenue. The six-story building was designed by Warren and Wetmore in the French Renaissance Revival style. It was constructed in 1901 as a private residence, one of several on 56th Street's "Bankers' Row".
In March 2011
Modified commercial base, with second-story Palladian window above
Original appearance of the house in 1903
The space between 10 and 12 West 56th Street, originally a courtyard, now contains number 12's entrance.
Warren and Wetmore was an architecture firm based in New York City, a partnership established about 1889 by Whitney Warren (1864–1943) and Charles D. Wetmore (1866–1941). They had one of the most extensive practices of their time, and were especially known for having designed many large hotels.
The Helmsley Building on Park Avenue in New York City is one of Warren and Wetmore’s more notable commissions
Whitney Warren
Grand Central Terminal, New York City
Newport Country Club, Newport