Brown Building (Manhattan)
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory | |
(2011) | |
| Location | 23–29 Washington Pl, Manhattan, New York City |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 40°43′48″N 73°59′43″W / 40.73000°N 73.99528°W |
| Built | 1900–01 |
| Architect | John Woolley |
| Architectural style | Neo-Renaissance |
| NRHP reference No. | 91002050 |
| NYSRHP No. | 06101.001819 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | July 17, 1991 |
| Designated NYSRHP | July 17, 1991 |
| Designated NYCL | March 25, 2003 |
The Brown Building is a ten-story building that is part of the campus of New York University (NYU), which owns it. It is located at 23–29 Washington Place, between Greene Street and Washington Square East in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, and is best known as the location of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of March 25, 1911, which killed 146 people. The Triangle Fire Memorial is now located there.
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and was named a National Historical Landmark in 1991. It was designated a New York City landmark on the 92nd anniversary of the fire in 2003.