Fifth Avenue Building

"HERITAGE OF NEW YORK" FIFTH AVENUE BUILDING ERECTED IN 1909, THIS BUILDING WAS DESIGNED BY ΜΑΥΝΙCΚE AND FRANKE IN ITALIAN RENAISSANCE ECLECTIC STYLE. THE FIRST STRUCTURE CON THIS SITE WAS THE FARMHOUSE OF CHRISTOPHER MILDEBERGER, MOVED HERE IN 1859 DURING THE EXTENSION OF FIFTH AVENUE. THEREAFTER, A CORPORAL THOMPSON OPERATED IT AS A TAVERN, MADISON COTTAGE, UNTIL 1852, WHEN IT WAS REPLACED BY FRANCONI'S HIPPODROME. IN 1859, THE SIX-STORIED, WHITE MARBLE FIFTH AVENUE HOTEL, WITH THE FIRST HOTEL PASSENGER ELEVATOR IN NEW YORK, OPENED HERE AND BECAME A CENTER OF THE CITY'S SOCIAL AND POLITICAL LIFE. PLAQUE ERECTED 1966 BY THE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST