Woolworth Building

Woolworth Building
File:Woolworth Building Apr 2005.jpg
Record height
Tallest in the world from 1913 to 1930
Preceded by	Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower
Surpassed by	Bank of the Manhattan Company Building (now named The Trump Building)
General information
Location	New York City United States
Completed	1913
Height
Antenna spire	241 m (792 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	57

The Woolworth Building is a skyscraper in New York City, United States. It is 241 meters (792 feet) tall and has 57 floors. It was built in 1913 and is one of the tallest buildings in the world.

A businessman named Frank Winfield Woolworth wanted the building to be built for his business, F. W. Woolworth Company. It was created by an architect named Cass Gilbert. The building was called the Cathedral of Commerce, which means it was like a church of business.

The Woolworth Building was the tallest building in the world from 1913 to 1930. Before it was built, the tallest building in the world was the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower. The Bank of the Manhattan Company Building (now named The Trump Building) became the tallest twenty-seven years later.

Photo Gallery

• The original drawing of the building before it was built
  The original drawing of the building before it was built
• File:Woolworth Building Apr 2005.jpg
• File:Woolworth Tower in clouds New York City 1928.jpg
• File:Woolworth Building 1 July 1912 LC-USZ62-100109.jpg
• File:Woolworth Building 1913 Manhattan New York City at Night.jpg

Related pages

• List of tallest buildings in the world
• List of tallest buildings in New York City

Other websites

• Emporis.com - Woolworth Building
• SkycraperPage.com – Woolworth Building
• Australianearme.com – Сatalogue Woolworths Archived 2023-01-28 at the Wayback Machine