List of flatiron buildings explained

This is a list of flatiron buildings that are relatively notable. Any notable building shaped approximately like a flatiron can be included, regardless of whether the name of the building is "Flatiron Building" or not. Such a building is typically constructed at an intersection of streets or railway tracks that meet at an acute angle. One of the most famous is the Flatiron Building in New York City, which was finished in 1902.

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Australia

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Sydney Dental Hospital		1940 built[1]	Chalmers Street, Surry Hills	Sydney, New South Wales	Streamline Moderne
Wales House, Sydney		1922-29 built	Pitt Street -33.8653°N 151.209°W	Sydney, New South Wales
OMNIA		2018 completed[2]	Victoria Street -33.8745°N 151.2225°W	Sydney, New South Wales	Adaptive re-use of the Crest Hotel.[3] [4]
Darlinghurst Fire Station		1911 built 1912 opened[5]	Victoria Street -33.876°N 151.2218°W	Sydney, New South Wales
The Meudon, Onslow Court		1927 designed[6] 1927-8 built	Onslow Avenue, Elizabeth Bay -33.8706°N 151.2264°W	Sydney, New South Wales	Designed in the Inter-War Free Classical style[7] by architects Crane & Scott.[8]
Griffith Teas building		1912[9] - 1915[10] built	Wentworth Avenue, Surry Hills -33.8789°N 151.2108°W	Sydney, New South Wales	Kent, Budden & Greenwell original architects; adaptive reuse by PopovBass.[11] [12] Despite its more quadrilateral shape, referenced by commentators as resembling the Flatiron building.[13]

Canada

At one time there were only ten flatiron buildings in Canada, with six within Ontario. Moses Block, a historic site in Sudbury was completed sometime between 1907 and 1915 by Hascal Moses and the Moses Family. The design of Moses Block was inspired by the famous Flatiron Building in New York City.

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Gibson Block		1913 built	Jasper Ave. 53.5436°N -113.4825°W	Edmonton, Alberta
Flatiron Building (Lacombe, Alberta)		1904 built	50 Ave. & 49c Ave. 52.463°N -113.7308°W	Lacombe, Alberta
Hotel Europe (Vancouver)		1909 built	43 Powell Street 49.2834°N -123.1036°W	Vancouver, British Columbia
Coffin Block Building		1830s	Front Street and Wellington Street at Church Street	Toronto, Ontario	First flatiron building in Toronto; replaced by the Gooderham Building (see below).
Gooderham Building, aka Flatiron Building		1892 built 1975 Ontario landmark	49 Wellington Street East	Toronto, Ontario	Romanesque Revival
Moses Block		1907–1915		Toronto, Ontario
25 The Esplanade		1988 built	25 The Esplanade 43.6462°N -79.3751°W	Toronto, Ontario
CIBC branch at 90 Danforth Avenue at Broadview Avenue			90 Danforth Avenue at Broadview Avenue	Toronto	by V.C. Horsburgh[14]
former Dominion Bank at 533 St Clair Avenue West at Vaughan Road			533 St Clair Avenue West at Vaughan Road	Toronto, Ontario	[15]
Moses Block		1907 built	Durham at Elgin Street	Sudbury, Ontario	Built by the Moses family.
The Delta Block		1917 built 1922 second level added	Main St. and King St. 43.2439°N -79.8247°W China Wukang Mansion, aka Normandie Apartments, Shanghai, 1924, 1836–1858 Middle Huaihai Road, Xuhui District 31.2045°N 121.4383°W [Compare: [[Normandie Hotel]]. ] The Oi Kwan Hotel (Chinese: 爱群大酒店) in Guangzhou, China.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oi_Kwan_Hotel Croatia Pegla (Zadar, Croatia)[16] Finland (Finnish for "Flatiron building") located in Ullanlinna district of Helsinki, corner of and Muukalaiskatu [17] [18] Germany Bügeleisenhaus (Hattingen, Germany), a timber-framed house, now a museum, in Hattingen, Germany 51.3977°N 7.1837°W Hungary (Hungarian for "Flatiron Building"), (1913), 8 Takaréktár Street - 9 Horváth Mihály Street, Szeged, designed by Lipót Baumhorn (1860–1932) 46.2551°N 20.1502°W[19] Israel (Hebrew for "Ship Building"), Tel Aviv, Israel, 1935 Italy 125px Fetta di Polenta, Turin, 1840 Netherlands Het Strijkijzer (Dutch for "The Iron"), The Hague, 2007, Rijswijkseplein 400 52.0714°N 4.3241°W North Macedonia Adora Flatiron, Skopje, North Macedonia, 2017[20] [21] Portugal Avenida da Liberdade, 155, Lisbon 38.7196°N -9.1458°W Slovakia width = 18% Building width = 8% class="unsortable" Image width = 10% Dates Location width = 8% City, Region Description Triangolo 2009[22] Spojovacia 30 48.3036°N 18.0872°W Nitra, Nitra Region Sebastian Nalgy architect[23] [24] Slovenia , Ljubljana, 1925 or 1932-34?, 2009 NSDP, Poljanska cesta 1[25] Spain width = 18% Building width = 8% class="unsortable" Image width = 10% Dates Location width = 8% City, Autonomous community Description Casa Antònia Serra i Mas 1926[26] Carrer de Pere IV 41.3993°N 2.195°W Barcelona, Catalonia Banco de Valencia 1935 designed 1942 built[27] C.del Pintor Sorolla 39.4705°N -0.3736°W Valencia, Valencian Community Valencian neo-baroque[28] Edificio Metrópolis 1911 opened Calle de Alcalá 40.4189°N -3.6972°W Madrid, Community of Madrid Beaux-arts design Edificio Grassy 1917 completed Gran Via 40.4191°N -3.6979°W Madrid, Community of Madrid Sweden Flat Iron Building (Stockholm), Sweden, 2009, LEEDS certified.[29] 59.3359°N 18.0492°W United Kingdom width = 18% Building width = 8% class="unsortable" Image width = 10% Dates Location width = 8% Town / City, County Description Flat Iron Building (Prescot) 1890 built 72 Eccleston Street Prescot, Merseyside Originally built as a warehouse and watchmaking factory as part of Prescot's watchmaking industry.[30] Imperial Buildings (Liverpool)[31] 1879 built Victoria Street. Liverpool, Merseyside Originally used as a bank and later used as offices for Liverpool City Council. Leeds Bridge House 1881 built 1996 Grade II Listed building[32] Hunslet Road. Leeds, West Yorkshire Opened as the 'People's Café'; later a temperance hotel, tea merchant's, dressmaker's, dentist's, manufacturing chemist's, and an office development.[33] The Peacock, Sunderland 1901-2 built 1978 Grade II Listed building[34] High Street West. Sunderland, Tyne and Wear At various times a pub, nightclub, and residential accommodation.[35] [36] Bittles Bar, Belfast[37] 1868 built Upper Church Lane. 54.5987°N -5.9243°W Belfast, County Antrim and County Down Originally the Shakespeare; renamed 'Bittles Bar' after the owner around 1990. Remainder of the building designed as a flour merchant's warehouse.[38] [39] [40] The Black Friar, Blackfriars 1875 built 1905 and 1917 remodelled 1972 Grade II* Listed building[41] Queen Victoria Street 51.5121°N -0.1038°W Blackfriars, London, Greater London Thin House 1887 built Thurloe Square 51.4942°N -0.1714°W Kensington, Greater London Originally seven artists' studios[42] United States Key NHL-designated NRHP-listed ∞ Contributing in a NRHP-listed Historic district Former building (demolished) width = 1px width = 18% Building width = 8% class="unsortable" Image width = 10% Dates Location width = 8% City, State Description 1985 built 2 Center St. 36.4025°N -93.7369°W Eureka Springs, Arkansas In 1970-listed Eureka Springs Historic District; designed to be compatible with historic streetscape. Flatiron Building (Novato, California) 1908 built 701 Grant Avenue Novato, California Two stories. James Flood Building 1904 built 1982 San Francisco Designated Landmark 870 Market Street 37.7849°N -122.4074°W San Francisco, California One of few buildings of its size that survived the 1906 earthquake. Designed by Albert Pissus. Flatiron Building (San Francisco, California), 1907, aka Columbus Tower 1907 built 1970 San Francisco Designated Landmark 916 Kearny Street 37.7964°N -122.4049°W San Francisco, California Designed by Salfield & Kohlberg, developed by Abe Ruef Flatiron Building (San Francisco, California), 1913 1913 built 1982 San Francisco Designated Landmark 540 Market Street 37.79°N -122.4007°W San Francisco, California data-sort-value="demolished" Flatiron Building (Denver, Colorado) 1923 built demolished Denver, Colorado Former building designed by architect J.B. Benedict, across from Brown Palace Hotel which is sometimes mistaken for it. data-sort-value="NRHP" Carroll Building, aka Flat Iron Building (Norwich, Connecticut) 1887 built 1982 NRHP 9–15 Main St., and 14–20 Water St. 41.5243°N -72.0796°W Norwich, Connecticut Romanesque Revival architecture designed by Stephen C. Earle. Flatiron Building (Auburndale, Florida), aka Triangle Building 1912 built Bartow & Main Auburndale, Florida a bank building[43] Flatiron Building (Atlanta, Georgia), aka English-American Building 1897 built 1976 NRHP 1991 Atlanta Landmark Building 84 Peachtree Street NW 33.7562°N -84.3885°W Atlanta, Georgia 11 stories, designed by Bradford Gilbert Morris B. Sachs Building 2800 N. Milwaukee (Milwaukee & Diversey) Chicago, Illinois Flatiron Building (Wicker Park, Chicago, Illinois) 1925 built Milwaukee Avenue, North Avenue, and Damen Avenue, Wicker Park district of West Town 41.9103°N -87.6769°W Chicago, Illinois Purdue State Bank 1914 built 210 West State Street 40.4238°N -86.9077°W West Lafayette, Indiana Flatiron Building (Wichita, Kansas) 1917 built E. 21st St. and N. Broadway 37.7224°N -97.3355°W Wichita, Kansas a two-story building at 21st Street, with Broadway on one side and a railroad track on the other side; it is 12 feet wide on one end and 65 feet wide on the other end) Howard Southern Triangle Building 1926 built 833 Howard Ave. (between Howard Ave. and St. Joseph St.) 29.9448°N -90.0743°W New Orleans, Louisiana [44] Hay Building, aka Flatiron Building (Portland, Maine) 1925 built At Congress Square, between Congress St. and Free St. 43.6543°N -70.2626°W Portland, Maine Maryland Inn 1782 built Church Circle, between Main St. and Duke of Gloucester St. 38.9782°N -76.4921°W Annapolis, Maryland Flatiron Building (Boston, Massachusetts), aka Bulfinch Hotel 107 Merrimac Street 42.3639°N -71.0624°W Boston, Massachusetts [45] [46] Flatiron Building (Fall River, Massachusetts) 1908 built Between 2nd St. and Plymouth Ave. 41.6906°N -71.1591°W Fall River, Massachusetts Parsons Block, aka Flatiron Building Holyoke, Massachusetts data-sort-value="NRHP" I.O.O.F. Centennial Building 1876 built 1903 addition 1979 Michigan State Historic Site 2015 NRHP 150 E. Chisholm Street 45.0611°N -83.4325°W Alpena, Michigan Late Victorian, Italianate designed by William Mirre data-sort-value="demolished" Lafayette Building (Detroit, Michigan) 1923 built 2009–2010 demolished 144 West Lafayette Blvd. 42.3314°N -83.0488°W Detroit, Michigan Reid Building 1896 built 426-430 West Larned Detroit, Michigan Flatiron Hotel 1912 built 1978 NRHP 1722 St. Mary's Avenue41.2553°N -95.9395°W Omaha, Nebraska Georgian Revival data-sort-value="NRHP" Sawyer Building, aka Flatiron Building (Dover, New Hampshire) 1812 built 1980 NRHP 4-6 Portland St. 43.1964°N -70.8719°W Dover, New Hampshire Federal architecture data-sort-value="demolished" Flatiron Building (Auburn, New York) 1970 NRHP 1978 delisted 1-3 Genesee St. 42.9331°N -76.5639°W Auburn, New York This building was on the list of National Register of Historic Places in Cayuga County, but was demolished in 1975.[47] Flat Iron Building (Goshen, New York) 1906 or before built 25 Main St. Goshen, New York [48] [49] [50] 47 Plaza Street West 1928 built 47–61 Plaza Street West (at Grand Army Plaza), Park Slope Brooklyn, New York City 16-floor Venetian Gothic design by Rosario Candela data-sort-value="NHL" Flatiron Building, aka Fuller Building 1902 built 1966 NYC Landmark 1979 NRHP 1989 NHL Fifth Ave. 40.7411°N -73.9897°W New York, New York Designed by Daniel Burnham in Renaissance Revival style. Flatiron Building (Asheville, North Carolina) 1925 built 1979 NRHP CP Battery Park Avenue 35.595°N -82.5552°W Asheville, North Carolina Beaux-Arts in style, part of Downtown Asheville Historic District data-sort-value="demolished" Flatiron Building (Grand Forks, North Dakota) 1906 built 1982 NRHP 2006 delisted 323 Kittson Ave. 47.9237°N -97.0298°W Grand Forks, North Dakota Destroyed in 1997 Red River flood. Flatiron Building (Akron, Ohio) 1907 built Akron, Ohio [51] data-sort-value="NRHP" H.A. Higgins Building, aka Flatiron Building (Columbus, Ohio) 1914 built 1979 NRHP 1984 Columbus Register of Historic Places 129 E. Nationwide Blvd. 39.9688°N -82.9981°W Columbus, Ohio Designed by Herbert Aloysius Higgins data-sort-value="NRHP" Flatiron Building (Portland, Oregon) 1916 built 1989 NRHP 2010 Portland Historic Landmark 1223–1225 SW Stark Street 45.5228°N -122.6837°W Portland, Oregon Portland Flatiron Building (2018) 2018 built N. Cook St. 45.5467°N -122.6759°W Portland, Oregon A mixed-use building designed by Works Progress Architecture that utilizes CLT to accommodate for the significant grade change on site. [52] [53] Flatiron Building, aka Wilbur Trust Building 40.6102°N -75.3832°W Bethlehem, Pennsylvania [54] data-sort-value="NRHP" Rufus Barrett Stone House, aka Flatiron Building (Bradford, Pennsylvania) 1903 built 1982 NRHP 11 Boylston Street 41.9571°N -78.6499°W Bradford, Pennsylvania data-sort-value="Historic district" Flatiron Building (Brownsville, Pennsylvania) 1830 built 69 Market Street 40.0226°N -79.8858°W Brownsville, Pennsylvania Now the Flatiron Building Heritage Center Flatiron Building (Pittston, Pennsylvania) 1906 built Pittston, Pennsylvania Flatiron Hotel, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 1906 Built Corners of South Main, Ross and Hazle Streets Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Pete's Clothing/ Hodge Bootery Flat iron Building 1903 built Between State Street and Railroad Street, at U.S. Route 85 CanAm Highway 44.6713°N -103.8533°W Belle Fourche, South Dakota Flatiron Building (Chattanooga, Tennessee) 1911 built Between Walnut St. and Georgia Ave. 35.048°N -85.3073°W Chattanooga, Tennessee data-sort-value="NRHP" Flatiron Building (Fort Worth, Texas) 1907 built 1971 NRHP 1000 Houston St. 32.7503°N -97.3294°W Fort Worth, Texas data-sort-value="NRHP" Flatiron Building (Bellingham, Washington) 1908 built 1983 NRHP 1311–1319 Bay St. 48.7517°N -122.4808°W Bellingham, Washington [55] Pullman Flatiron Building 1905 built E. Main St. & S. Grand Ave. 46.7296°N -117.1818°W Pullman, Washington data-sort-value="Historic district" Flat Iron Building (Welch, West Virginia) 1915 built 1992 NRHP CP 73 McDowell 37.4321°N -81.5857°W Welch, West Virginia Emily Morgan Hotel (San Antonio) 1924 built2012 National Trust for Historic Preservation 705 E Houston St. 29.4266°N -98.4858°W San Antonio, Texas Times Square Building

Notes and References

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5. Web site: AGY-3761 Darlinghurst Fire Station . Research Data Australia . 31 October 2024 . en.
6. Web site: Onslow Court off 13 Onslow Avenue (Meudon) . City of Sydney Archives . 31 October 2024.
7. Web site: MEUDON: BEAUTIFUL VIEW, À LA FRANÇAISE Richardson & Wrench Elizabeth Bay/Potts Point . www.rwebay.com.au . 31 October 2024.
8. Web site: Razaghi . Tawar . Apartment in iconic Elizabeth Bay building, Meudon, sells for $2.15 million . Domain . 31 October 2024.
9. Web site: Zaid . Sareeta . Griffiths Teas (Sydney, Australia) . The Intrepid Pea . 31 October 2024 . 7 June 2019.
10. Web site: Cornerstone - projects . www.cstone.com.au . 31 October 2024.
11. Web site: Griffiths Teas - Growthbuilt . growthbuilt.com.au . 31 October 2024.
12. Web site: An inside look at the Griffiths Teas project - Growthbuilt . 31 October 2024 . 15 March 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180315020826/http://www.growthbuilt.com.au/articles/griffiths-teas-media/ . 2018-03-15 .
13. Web site: Eveson . Imogen . Converting an Icon: A Walk Through the Griffiths Teas Building . Broadsheet . 31 October 2024 . en.
14. Web site: TOBuilt: Detailed Structure Information. 2016-03-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20130324220736/http://www.tobuilt.ca/php/tobuildings_more.php?search_fd3=4637. 2013-03-24. dead.
15. Web site: TOBuilt: Detailed Structure Information. 2016-03-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20160414212021/http://www.tobuilt.ca/php/tobuildings_more.php?search_fd3=5745. 2016-04-14. dead.
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21. none . Adora Flatiron l SKOPJE l 65 m l 16 fl . Skyscraper City. Available online but can't be linked here. Includes 1:20 video.
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24. Web site: The Chicago Athenaeum . www.chi-athenaeum.org . 1 November 2024.
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26. Web site: La casa Antonia Serra i Mas, el Flatiron de Pere IV . Catalunya Plural . 1 November 2024 . es-ES . 30 May 2018.
27. Web site: Images of Banco de Valencia by Javier Goerlich Lleo . homepages.bluffton.edu . 1 November 2024.
28. Web site: Shman . Nadzeya . Edificio del Banco de Valencia: IAR – . Introduction to Architecture . 1 November 2024.
29. https://www.archdaily.com/285265/flat-iron-building-rosenbergs-arkitekter Flat Iron Building
30. News: Molyneux . Jess . Merseyside has a Flat Iron Building - and it's older than New York's . 20 June 2023 . Liverpool Echo . 14 July 2019 . en.
31. Web site: Imperial Buildings. https://web.archive.org/web/20220704115836/http://www.lookingatbuildings.org.uk/cities/liverpool/victoria-street/imperial-buildings.html?size=0 . dead . 2022-07-04 . 20 June 2023.
32. Web site: BRIDGE HOUSE, Non Civil Parish - 1255572 Historic England . 2024-06-17 . historicengland.org.uk . en.
33. Web site: Post . Guest . 2021-04-04 . The story of Hunslet's own 'Flat Iron' building . 2024-06-17 . South Leeds Life . en-GB.
34. Web site: THE LONDONDERRY PUBLIC HOUSE, Non Civil Parish - 1293067 Historic England . 2024-10-07 . historicengland.org.uk . en.
35. Web site: The Peacock, Sunderland . 2024-10-07 . Ainsworth Spark . en.
36. Web site: Wheeler . Kary . 22 February 2023 . Sunderland's The Peacock: From match day pints to music studios - how owners have been breathing new life into the historic pub . 7 October 2024 . Sunderland Echo.
37. Web site: MacDonald . Dearbhla . Iconic Belfast building reborn as The Flatiron - . Lighthouse Communications . 28 October 2024 . 3 July 2018.
38. Web site: The Flat Iron . Future Belfast . 28 October 2024 . 8 August 2017.
39. Web site: Owner of historic Belfast bar to retire after 50 years stating 'I've had enough' . News Letter . 28 October 2024.
40. Web site: From car bombs to cranky customers, Bittles Bar legend has seen it all in 30 years . Belfast Telegraph . 28 October 2024 . 1 June 2019.
41. Web site: THE BLACK FRIAR PUBLIC HOUSE, Non Civil Parish - 1285723 Historic England . 2024-10-28 . historicengland.org.uk . en.
42. Web site: Mortimer . Georgie . The Story Behind The Super Skinny House In South Kensington . Secret London . 1 November 2024 . 1 July 2019.
43. Web site: Triangle building at corner of Bartow and Main – Auburndale, Florida. . Florida Memory.
44. News: Howard Triangle Building set for apartment conversion . Robin Shannon . December 27, 2013 . New Orleans City Business.
45. News: The Bulfinch Hotel in Boston . . Alice Dubois . October 9, 2005.
46. https://www.flickr.com/photos/dghdeeo/6060293120 The Other Flatiron
47. News: Flatiron Building Going . . January 2, 1975 . 7 . . August 7, 2022.
48. https://cdm16694.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/gplhs/id/152/ 1906 postcard
49. https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/25-Main-St-Goshen-NY/26612742/ Loop.net
50. https://www.ebay.com/itm/353901986765 postcard at ebay
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52. News: Works Progress Architecture creates triangular Portland Flatiron building for unusual site . Jenna McKnight . 26 November 2019 . February 12, 2023.
53. Photo may not be available as copyrighted work of art.
54. News: History's Headlines: Local man re-discovers archives of once prominent Bethlehem architect A.W. Leh . . May 26, 2012. Updated Oct 9, 2019.
55. https://web.archive.org/web/20120301133917/https://fortress.wa.gov/dahp/wisaard/documents/HPIF/0/1/1801.pdf archieved PDF