Mills & Gibb Building

300 Park Avenue South | also 47 East 22nd Street, 286 Park Avenue South | Flatiron | built 1911

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1. 1910

   Mills & Gibb builds new headquarters on the site of a former church

   Dry-goods importers Philo Mills and John Gibb, whose firm had specialized in lace and linen since 1865, erected this 14-story building in 1910 for their own use, on the former site of the Fourth Avenue Presbyterian Church. Architects Starrett & Van Vleck designed it in the Renaissance Revival style with a three-story rusticated limestone base and a double-height arcaded entrance.

   Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

2. 1913

   Publisher Funk & Wagnalls moves into the Mills & Gibb Building

   Reference-book publisher Funk & Wagnalls Company took offices in the Mills & Gibb Building starting in 1913, joined over the following decades by publisher E. P. Dutton & Co., the Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor, and the American Red Cross's North Atlantic headquarters during World War II.

   Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

3. 1959

   Fourth Avenue is renamed Park Avenue South

   In 1959 the city renamed the stretch of Fourth Avenue running past the building's East 22nd Street corner as Park Avenue South, giving the Mills & Gibb Building its present address. The building continued to house labor, civil-rights and social-service tenants, including the United Federation of Teachers and Planned Parenthood, through the 1960s and 1970s.

   Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

4. 2010

   Rockrose renovates the building into a hub for creative tenants

   Rockrose Development Corporation purchased and renovated the century-old Mills & Gibb Building in 2010, preserving Starrett & Van Vleck's original design while updating it for a new generation of office tenants. Within two years the building housed the Smithsonian Institution, the Whitney Museum, modeling agency Wilhelmina, and advertising firm Leo Burnett.

   Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

Further reading

• 300 Park Avenue SouthWikipedia
• The 1910 Mills & Gibb Buildilng - 300 Park Avenue SouthDaytonian in Manhattan

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