List of flatiron buildings explained

This is a list of flatiron buildings that are relatively notable. Any notable building shaped approximately like a flatiron can be included, regardless of whether the name of the building is "Flatiron Building" or not. Such a building is typically constructed at an intersection of streets or railway tracks that meet at an acute angle. One of the most famous is the Flatiron Building in New York City, which was finished in 1902.

Locations of all having coordinates below may be seen on a map by clicking "Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap" at the right side of this page.

Australia

Canada

At one time there were only ten flatiron buildings in Canada, with six within Ontario. Moses Block, a historic site in Sudbury was completed sometime between 1907 and 1915 by Hascal Moses and the Moses Family. The design of Moses Block was inspired by the famous Flatiron Building in New York City.

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Gibson Block1913 builtJasper Ave.
53.5436°N -113.4825°W
Edmonton, Alberta
Flatiron Building (Lacombe, Alberta)1904 built50 Ave. & 49c Ave.
52.463°N -113.7308°W
Lacombe, Alberta
Hotel Europe (Vancouver)1909 built43 Powell Street
49.2834°N -123.1036°W
Vancouver, British Columbia
Coffin Block Building1830sFront Street and Wellington Street at Church StreetToronto, OntarioFirst flatiron building in Toronto; replaced by the Gooderham Building (see below).
Gooderham Building, aka Flatiron Building1892 built
1975 Ontario landmark
49 Wellington Street EastToronto, OntarioRomanesque Revival
Moses Block1907–1915Toronto, Ontario
25 The Esplanade1988 built25 The Esplanade
43.6462°N -79.3751°W
Toronto, Ontario
CIBC branch at 90 Danforth Avenue at Broadview Avenue90 Danforth Avenue at Broadview AvenueTorontoby V.C. Horsburgh[1]
former Dominion Bank at 533 St Clair Avenue West at Vaughan Road533 St Clair Avenue West at Vaughan RoadToronto, Ontario[2]
Moses Block1907 builtDurham at Elgin StreetSudbury, OntarioBuilt by the Moses family.
The Delta Block1917 built
1922 second level added
Main St. and King St.
43.2439°N -79.8247°W

China

The Oi Kwan Hotel (Chinese: 爱群大酒店) in Guangzhou, China.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oi_Kwan_Hotel

Croatia

  • Pegla (Zadar, Croatia)[3]

Finland

Germany

Hungary

Israel

  • (Hebrew for "Ship Building"), Tel Aviv, Israel, 1935

Italy

Netherlands

North Macedonia

  • Adora Flatiron, Skopje, North Macedonia, 2017[7] [8]

Portugal

Slovenia

  • , Ljubljana, 1925 or 1932-34?, 2009 NSDP, Poljanska cesta 1[9]

Spain

Sweden

United Kingdom

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Flat Iron Building (Prescot)1890 built72 Eccleston Street
Prescot, MerseysideOriginally built as a warehouse and watchmaking factory as part of Prescot's watchmaking industry.[11]
Imperial Buildings (Liverpool)[12] 1879 builtVictoria Street.
Liverpool, MerseysideOriginally used as a bank and later used as offices for Liverpool City Council.
Leeds Bridge House1881 built
1996 Grade II Listed building[13]
Hunslet Road.
Leeds, West YorkshireOpened as the 'People's Café'; later a temperance hotel, tea merchant's, dressmaker's, dentist's, manufacturing chemist's, and an office development.[14]

United States

Key

NHL-designated
NRHP-listed
Contributing in a NRHP-listed Historic district
Former building (demolished)
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1985 built2 Center St.
36.4025°N -93.7369°W
Eureka Springs, ArkansasIn 1970-listed Eureka Springs Historic District; designed to be compatible with historic streetscape.
Flatiron Building (Novato, California)1908 built701 Grant Avenue
Novato, CaliforniaTwo stories.
James Flood Building1904 built
1982 San Francisco Designated Landmark
870 Market Street
37.7849°N -122.4074°W
San Francisco, CaliforniaOne of few buildings of its size that survived the 1906 earthquake. Designed by Albert Pissus.
Flatiron Building (San Francisco, California), 1907, aka Columbus Tower1907 built
1970 San Francisco Designated Landmark
916 Kearny Street
37.7964°N -122.4049°W
San Francisco, CaliforniaDesigned by Salfield & Kohlberg, developed by Abe Ruef
Flatiron Building (San Francisco, California), 19131913 built
1982 San Francisco Designated Landmark
540 Market Street
37.79°N -122.4007°W
San Francisco, California
data-sort-value="demolished"Flatiron Building (Denver, Colorado)1923 built
demolished
Denver, ColoradoFormer building designed by architect J.B. Benedict, across from Brown Palace Hotel which is sometimes mistaken for it.
data-sort-value="NRHP" Carroll Building, aka Flat Iron Building (Norwich, Connecticut)1887 built
1982 NRHP
9–15 Main St., and 14–20 Water St.
41.5243°N -72.0796°W
Norwich, ConnecticutRomanesque Revival architecture designed by Stephen C. Earle.
Flatiron Building (Auburndale, Florida), aka Triangle Building1912 builtBartow & MainAuburndale, Floridaa bank building[15]
Flatiron Building (Atlanta, Georgia), aka English-American Building1897 built
1976 NRHP
1991 Atlanta Landmark Building
84 Peachtree Street NW
33.7562°N -84.3885°W
Atlanta, Georgia11 stories, designed by Bradford Gilbert
Morris B. Sachs Building2800 N. Milwaukee (Milwaukee & Diversey)Chicago, Illinois
Flatiron Building (Wicker Park, Chicago, Illinois)1925 builtMilwaukee Avenue, North Avenue, and Damen Avenue, Wicker Park district of West Town
41.9103°N -87.6769°W
Chicago, Illinois
Purdue State Bank1914 built210 West State Street
40.4238°N -86.9077°W
West Lafayette, Indiana
Flatiron Building (Wichita, Kansas)1917 built E. 21st St. and N. Broadway
37.7224°N -97.3355°W
Wichita, Kansasa two-story building at 21st Street, with Broadway on one side and a railroad track on the other side; it is 12 feet wide on one end and 65 feet wide on the other end)
Howard Southern Triangle Building1926 built833 Howard Ave. (between Howard Ave. and St. Joseph St.)
29.9448°N -90.0743°W
New Orleans, Louisiana[16]
Hay Building, aka Flatiron Building (Portland, Maine)1925 builtAt Congress Square, between Congress St. and Free St.
43.6543°N -70.2626°W
Portland, Maine
Maryland Inn1782 builtChurch Circle, between Main St. and Duke of Gloucester St.
38.9782°N -76.4921°W
Annapolis, Maryland
Flatiron Building (Boston, Massachusetts), aka Bulfinch Hotel107 Merrimac Street
42.3639°N -71.0624°W
Boston, Massachusetts[17] [18]
Flatiron Building (Fall River, Massachusetts)1908 builtBetween 2nd St. and Plymouth Ave.
41.6906°N -71.1591°W
Fall River, Massachusetts
Parsons Block, aka Flatiron BuildingHolyoke, Massachusetts
data-sort-value="NRHP" I.O.O.F. Centennial Building1876 built
1903 addition
1979 Michigan State Historic Site
2015 NRHP
150 E. Chisholm Street
45.0611°N -83.4325°W
Alpena, MichiganLate Victorian, Italianate designed by William Mirre
data-sort-value="demolished"Lafayette Building (Detroit, Michigan)1923 built
2009–2010 demolished
144 West Lafayette Blvd.
42.3314°N -83.0488°W
Detroit, Michigan
Reid Building1896 built426-430 West LarnedDetroit, Michigan
Flatiron Hotel1912 built
1978 NRHP
1722 St. Mary's Avenue41.2553°N -95.9395°WOmaha, NebraskaGeorgian Revival
data-sort-value="NRHP" Sawyer Building, aka Flatiron Building (Dover, New Hampshire)1812 built
1980 NRHP
4-6 Portland St.
43.1964°N -70.8719°W
Dover, New HampshireFederal architecture
data-sort-value="demolished"Flatiron Building (Auburn, New York)1970 NRHP
1978 delisted
1-3 Genesee St.
42.9331°N -76.5639°W
Auburn, New YorkThis building was on the list of National Register of Historic Places in Cayuga County, but was demolished in 1975.[19]
Flat Iron Building (Goshen, New York)1906 or before built25 Main St.
Goshen, New York[20] [21] [22]
47 Plaza Street West1928 built47–61 Plaza Street West (at Grand Army Plaza), Park Slope
Brooklyn, New York City16-floor Venetian Gothic design by Rosario Candela
data-sort-value="NHL" Flatiron Building, aka Fuller Building1902 built
1966 NYC Landmark
1979 NRHP
1989 NHL
Fifth Ave.
40.7411°N -73.9897°W
New York, New YorkDesigned by Daniel Burnham in Renaissance Revival style.
Flatiron Building (Asheville, North Carolina)1925 built
1979 NRHP CP
Battery Park Avenue
35.595°N -82.5552°W
Asheville, North CarolinaBeaux-Arts in style, part of Downtown Asheville Historic District
data-sort-value="demolished"Flatiron Building (Grand Forks, North Dakota)1906 built
1982 NRHP
2006 delisted
323 Kittson Ave.
47.9237°N -97.0298°W
Grand Forks, North DakotaDestroyed in 1997 Red River flood.
Flatiron Building (Akron, Ohio)1907 builtAkron, Ohio[23]
data-sort-value="NRHP" H.A. Higgins Building, aka Flatiron Building (Columbus, Ohio)1914 built
1979 NRHP
1984 Columbus Register of Historic Places
129 E. Nationwide Blvd.
39.9688°N -82.9981°W
Columbus, OhioDesigned by Herbert Aloysius Higgins
data-sort-value="NRHP" Flatiron Building (Portland, Oregon)1916 built
1989 NRHP
2010 Portland Historic Landmark
1223–1225 SW Stark Street
45.5228°N -122.6837°W
Portland, Oregon
Portland Flatiron Building (2018)2018 builtN. Cook St.
45.5467°N -122.6759°W
Portland, OregonA mixed-use building designed by Works Progress Architecture that utilizes CLT to accommodate for the significant grade change on site. [24] [25]
Flatiron Building, aka Wilbur Trust Building40.6102°N -75.3832°WBethlehem, Pennsylvania[26]
data-sort-value="NRHP" Rufus Barrett Stone House, aka Flatiron Building (Bradford, Pennsylvania)1903 built
1982 NRHP
11 Boylston Street
41.9571°N -78.6499°W
Bradford, Pennsylvania
data-sort-value="Historic district" Flatiron Building (Brownsville, Pennsylvania)1830 built69 Market Street
40.0226°N -79.8858°W
Brownsville, PennsylvaniaNow the Flatiron Building Heritage Center
Flatiron Building (Pittston, Pennsylvania)1906 builtPittston, Pennsylvania
Flatiron Hotel, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania1906 BuiltCorners of South Main, Ross and Hazle StreetsWilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Pete's Clothing/ Hodge Bootery Flat iron Building1903 builtBetween State Street and Railroad Street, at U.S. Route 85 CanAm Highway
44.6713°N -103.8533°W
Belle Fourche, South Dakota
Flatiron Building (Chattanooga, Tennessee)1911 builtBetween Walnut St. and Georgia Ave.
35.048°N -85.3073°W
Chattanooga, Tennessee
data-sort-value="NRHP" Flatiron Building (Fort Worth, Texas)1907 built
1971 NRHP
1000 Houston St.
32.7503°N -97.3294°W
Fort Worth, Texas
data-sort-value="NRHP" Flatiron Building (Bellingham, Washington)1908 built
1983 NRHP
1311–1319 Bay St.
48.7517°N -122.4808°W
Bellingham, Washington[27]
Pullman Flatiron Building1905 builtE. Main St. & S. Grand Ave.
46.7296°N -117.1818°W
Pullman, Washington
data-sort-value="Historic district" Flat Iron Building (Welch, West Virginia)1915 built
1992 NRHP CP
73 McDowell
37.4321°N -81.5857°W
Welch, West Virginia
Emily Morgan Hotel (San Antonio)1924 built2012 National Trust for Historic Preservation705 E Houston St.
29.4266°N -98.4858°W
San Antonio, Texas
Times Square Building

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: TOBuilt: Detailed Structure Information. 2016-03-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20160414212021/http://www.tobuilt.ca/php/tobuildings_more.php?search_fd3=5745. 2016-04-14. dead.
  3. Web site: Grad nije dao prostorije Zriliću nego HSLS-u . 16 April 2013.
  4. Web site: "Silitysrautatalo" Kaivopuistossa sai vaikutteita Amerikasta . 25 October 2017 . 25 October 2017 . 5 June 2022 . fi . "Flatiron House" in Kaivopuisto was inspired by America.
  5. https://www.mostphotos.com/en-us/32434468/the-helsinki-flatiron-building The Helsinki Flatiron building
  6. Web site: The Flat Iron House (Apartment building) . ArtNouveu.org. February 21, 2023.
  7. Web site: Adora Flatiron . 31 March 2019.
  8. none . Adora Flatiron l SKOPJE l 65 m l 16 fl . Skyscraper City. Available online but can't be linked here. Includes 1:20 video.
  9. Photo may be seen at
  10. https://www.archdaily.com/285265/flat-iron-building-rosenbergs-arkitekter Flat Iron Building
  11. News: Molyneux . Jess . Merseyside has a Flat Iron Building - and it's older than New York's . 20 June 2023 . Liverpool Echo . 14 July 2019 . en.
  12. Web site: Imperial Buildings. https://web.archive.org/web/20220704115836/http://www.lookingatbuildings.org.uk/cities/liverpool/victoria-street/imperial-buildings.html?size=0 . dead . 2022-07-04 . 20 June 2023.
  13. Web site: BRIDGE HOUSE, Non Civil Parish - 1255572 Historic England . 2024-06-17 . historicengland.org.uk . en.
  14. Web site: Post . Guest . 2021-04-04 . The story of Hunslet’s own ‘Flat Iron’ building . 2024-06-17 . South Leeds Life . en-GB.
  15. Web site: Triangle building at corner of Bartow and Main – Auburndale, Florida. . Florida Memory.
  16. News: Howard Triangle Building set for apartment conversion . Robin Shannon . December 27, 2013 . New Orleans City Business.
  17. News: The Bulfinch Hotel in Boston . . Alice Dubois . October 9, 2005.
  18. https://www.flickr.com/photos/dghdeeo/6060293120 The Other Flatiron
  19. News: Flatiron Building Going . . January 2, 1975 . 7 . . August 7, 2022.
  20. https://cdm16694.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/gplhs/id/152/ 1906 postcard
  21. https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/25-Main-St-Goshen-NY/26612742/ Loop.net
  22. https://www.ebay.com/itm/353901986765 postcard at ebay
  23. Web site: Flatiron Building, Akron – 265381 – EMPORIS. https://web.archive.org/web/20150611061746/http://www.emporis.com/buildings/265381/flatiron-building-akron-oh-usa. dead. June 11, 2015. Emporis.
  24. News: Works Progress Architecture creates triangular Portland Flatiron building for unusual site . Jenna McKnight . 26 November 2019 . February 12, 2023.
  25. Photo may not be available as copyrighted work of art.
  26. News: History's Headlines: Local man re-discovers archives of once prominent Bethlehem architect A.W. Leh . . May 26, 2012. Updated Oct 9, 2019.
  27. https://web.archive.org/web/20120301133917/https://fortress.wa.gov/dahp/wisaard/documents/HPIF/0/1/1801.pdf archieved PDF