“Situated on 50 South Buckhout Street in Irvington, NY, the Cosmopolitan Building is a three-story office building designed in the Classical Revival style. The building was modeled after the Vanderbilt Mansion in Hyde Park. The building has several key features: Corinthian columns on the north, south and west facades accented by fluted pilasters, three projected bays on the west elevation with elevated semi-circular porches on the north and south ends of the building with two story colonnades, six-over-six windows, and two small domes on the rooftop. The building was constructed with a steel frame and brick-bearing walls with lightweight cementitious coating to make the exterior appear as cut stone. Originally, the building was designed with three roof domes. The name comes from the Cosmopolitan magazine, whose owner, John Brisben Walker, wanted an office close to his home in Irvington. However, the magazine left Irvington in 1905 when William Randolph Hearst purchased the company.” (theclio.com)

The building designed by Stanford White and built in 1895.

Taken with a Sony A7IV and Tamron Di III VXD A056SF 70-180mm f2.8.

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