Washington Building with the Standard Oil Building under construction in 1926

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Washington Building, 1 Broadway at Battery PlaceThe building stood 258 feet high, with a huge cupola, after an 1887 enlargement (Edward H. Kendall, architect). The rooftop cupola was removed and a limestone facade covered the old red brick facade in a 1922 renovation by Walter B. Chambers, architect