Brown Building
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The Brown Building is a historic structure in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village best known as the site of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, a tragedy that led to major reforms in workplace safety and labor laws.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic building
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building ⓘ |
| architect | John Woolley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Neo-Renaissance ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
labor law reforms ⓘ workplace safety reforms ⓘ |
| cityBorough | Borough of Manhattan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| completedIn | 1900 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| designated |
National Historic Landmark
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New York City Landmark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| factoryTenant | Triangle Waist Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fireDate | March 25, 1911 ⓘ |
| fireDeaths | 146 ⓘ |
| fireVictims | garment workers ⓘ |
| floorUse1911 | garment manufacturing on upper floors ⓘ |
| functionDuring1911Fire | garment factory building ⓘ |
| hasElevators | yes ⓘ |
| hasEvent | Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFireEscapes | yes ⓘ |
| houses |
NYU biology laboratories
ⓘ
NYU chemistry laboratories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor | Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| listedOn | National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Greenwich Village
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ New York State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material |
brick
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steel-frame ⓘ |
| memorializedBy |
annual commemorations of Triangle fire
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plaques on exterior ⓘ |
| near | Washington Square Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nhlDesignationYear | 1991 ⓘ |
| nrhpType | National Historic Landmark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfStories | 10 ⓘ |
| nycLandmarkDesignationYear | 2003 ⓘ |
| originalName | Asch Building NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| owner | New York University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | New York University campus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| renamedAfter | Fred M. Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| renamedIn | 1929 ⓘ |
| streetAddress | 23–29 Washington Place NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| use |
classrooms
ⓘ
educational ⓘ laboratory ⓘ |
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