Cunard Building

The Cunard Building is a 23-story office structure with a limestone facade decorated with nautical motifs across three main sections. Located at 25 Broadway, it features horizontal divisions and now houses multiple businesses and organizations.

Benjamin Wistar Morris designed this structure for the British-American Cunard Line, which operated its New York offices there from 1921 to 1968. After that period, the use of the building evolved while it remained a landmark in the financial district.

The grand entrance hall on the ground floor expresses the importance of ocean commerce to early 20th-century New York. Visitors can sense this significance through the scale and decorative details that surround them.

The entrance along Broadway is easy to find with its distinctive arches clearly marking the way in. The building's public areas can be viewed from the street, and visitors should allow time to observe the impressive entry hall and its architectural details.

Five double-height arches along Broadway open into an interior designed with courtyards arranged in an H-shape for natural light throughout. This layout was a clever solution to illuminate workspaces deep within the large city block.

Location: Manhattan

Inception: 1921

Architects: Benjamin Wistar Morris

Architectural style: Renaissance Revival architecture

Floors above the ground: 23

Height: 77.64 m

GPS coordinates: 40.70583,-74.01417

Latest update: December 7, 2025 19:32