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The '''Bayard–Condict Building''' (formerly the '''Condict Building''' and '''Bayard Building''') is a 12-story commercial structure at 65 [[Bleecker Street]] in the [[NoHo]] neighborhood of [[Manhattan]] in [[New York City]]. Built between 1897 and 1899 in the [[Chicago school (architecture)|Chicago School]] style, it was the only building in New York City designed by architect [[Louis Sullivan]], who worked on the project alongside Lyndon P. Smith. Located in the [[NoHo Historic District]], the building was designated a [[List of New York City Landmarks|New York City landmark]] in 1975 and has been a [[National Historic Landmark]] since 1976.

The building occupies a rectangular site and has a [[Architectural terracotta|terracotta]] facade divided horizontally into three sections. The lower two stories consist of ground-story storefronts with ornate columns, with an arched entrance in the westernmost [[Bay (architecture)|bay]]. On the upper stories, [[Pier (architecture)|piers]] separate the building vertically into five bays, each with ornate [[spandrel]] panels. There are six winged angels just below the [[cornice]] at the top of the building. On the inside, the first two stories are used for retail, while the upper floors generally contain large [[loft]]-like spaces and a steel structural frame. A mechanical core with elevators, utilities, and stairs is in its western end.

The Bayard Building was developed by the United Loan and Investment Company, who acquired the land in 1897 from the [[The Bank for Savings in the City of New-York|Bank for Savings in the City of New York]] and named the edifice after the [[Bayard family]]. Due to disputes over construction methods, United Loan was forced to give up the building before it was completed, and Emmeline G. H. Condict had acquired it by June 1899. It was sold in 1900, and again in 1920, before coming under the control of the Shulsky family in the 1940s. The storefronts were replaced in the 1960s, followed by the lobby in the 1980s. The facade was restored during the late 1990s and early 2000s.

== Site ==
The Bayard–Condict Building is at 65 [[Bleecker Street]] in the [[NoHo, Manhattan|NoHo]] neighborhood of [[Manhattan]] in [[New York City]]. It is on the north side of Bleecker Street between [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]] and [[Lafayette Street (Manhattan)|Lafayette Street]], at the northern end of Crosby Street.<ref name="ZoLa">{{Cite web |title=65 Bleecker Street, 10012 |url=https://zola.planning.nyc.gov/l/lot/1/529/72 |access-date=March 20, 2020 |publisher=[[New York City Department of City Planning]]}}</ref><ref name="aia42">{{cite AIA4|page=159}}</ref> The [[land lot]] is rectangular and measures around {{convert|8330|ft2|0}}, with a [[frontage]] of {{convert|83.3|ft}} and a depth of {{Convert|100|ft||abbr=}} along Bleecker Street.<ref name="ZoLa" /> The [[Robbins & Appleton Building]] adjoins the Bayard–Condict Building on the same block directly to the north, and an entrance to the [[New York City Subway]]'s [[Bleecker Street station]] is immediately to the east. Other nearby structures include the [[Schermerhorn Building]] to the northeast,  [[339 Lafayette Street]] to the east, and [[640 Broadway]] to the southwest.<ref name="ZoLa" />

Before the early 19th century, what is now NoHo was part of the farms of numerous families, such as the Bayard, Bleecker, Herring, Pero, and Randall families. West–east streets were laid through the area by the early 19th century, and row houses were built along these streets.<ref name="NYCL (1999) p. 5">{{harvnb|Landmarks Preservation Commission|1999|ps=.|p=5}}</ref> This was followed by institutions like churches, libraries, and schools in the 1830s and 1840s,<ref name="NYCL (1999) p. 7">{{harvnb|Landmarks Preservation Commission|1999|ps=.|p=7}}</ref> then by store and loft buildings in the 1850s, which catered to the area's wealthy population.<ref name="NYCL (1999) p. 9">{{harvnb|Landmarks Preservation Commission|1999|ps=.|p=9}}</ref> With the advent of [[Curtain wall (architecture)|curtain walls]], steel frames, and fireproof elevators, these store and loft buildings were being built as tall as 12 stories by the 1890s. The Bayard–Condict Building was among these early high-rise loft buildings.<ref name="NYCL (1999) pp. 16–17">{{harvnb|Landmarks Preservation Commission|1999|ps=.|pp=16–17}}</ref>

==Architecture==
The Bayard–Condict Building is the only structure in New York City designed by [[Louis Sullivan|Louis H. Sullivan]], who specialized in the [[Chicago school (architecture)|Chicago school]] style of architecture.<ref name="n123864450">{{Cite news |date=November 26, 1975 |title=City Gets Three New Landmarks |pages=7 |work=Daily News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123864450/city-gets-three-new-landmarks/ |access-date=May 1, 2023 |archive-date=May 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504132639/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123864450/city-gets-three-new-landmarks/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="n123864223" /><ref name="nyt-1998-12-20">{{Cite news |last=Barron |first=James |date=December 20, 1998 |title=Making It Work; Angels For All Seasons |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/12/20/nyregion/making-it-work-angels-for-all-seasons.html |access-date=May 1, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=May 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507025641/https://www.nytimes.com/1998/12/20/nyregion/making-it-work-angels-for-all-seasons.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Sullivan is sometimes cited as the building's sole architect,<ref name="p115739007">{{cite news |last=Ennis |first=Thomas W. |date=March 22, 1964 |title=Manhattan's Grimy Loft Area Has a Louis Sullivan Landmark: Building Designed by Louis Sullivan. Stands Obscurely Downtown Chicago Architect's Only Work in New York Has Ornate Facade |page=R1 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |id={{ProQuest|115739007}}}}</ref> although he was assisted by New York architect Lyndon P. Smith.<ref name="p115739007" /><ref name="NYCL (1999) p. 33">{{harvnb|Landmarks Preservation Commission|1999|ps=.|p=33}}</ref> Such partnerships were typical for Sullivan; whenever he designed buildings outside his home state of Illinois, he worked with other architects who were licensed in that state.<ref name="NYCL p. 3" /><ref name="LC p. 270" /> It is unknown how or why Sullivan was selected to design the building, but, at the time of its development in the late 1890s, the city's most prominent structures were generally designed by local firms like [[McKim, Mead & White]].<ref name="n123864223" /> George Elmslie helped design the decoration.<ref name="NYCL (1999) p. 33" />

The building was one of the first [[Steel frame|skeleton frame]] [[skyscraper]]s in New York City, and the [[New York City Department of Buildings|Department of Buildings]] raised numerous objections to the design before the plans were finally accepted.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/ny/ny0300/ny0350/data/ny0350data.pdf |title=Bayard-Condict Building |last=Waite |first=Diana S. |date=July 1968 |website=Historic American Buildings Survey |publisher=Library of Congress |location=Washington, D.C. |page=2 |accessdate=February 24, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302171028/http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/ny/ny0300/ny0350/data/ny0350data.pdf |archivedate=March 2, 2014 }}</ref> Measuring {{Convert|162|ft}} tall,<ref name="LC p. 270">{{harvnb|Landau|Condit|1996|ps=.|p=270}}</ref> with 13 stories, it was considered an [[Early skyscrapers|early skyscraper]].<ref name="LC p. 268">{{harvnb|Landau|Condit|1996|ps=.|p=268}}</ref> It was similar in design to an unbuilt skyscraper for the [[St. Louis Trust and Savings Bank]] that was designed in 1895.<ref name="NPS p. 3">{{harvnb|National Park Service|1976|ps=.|p=3}}</ref><ref name="NYCL p. 4">{{harvnb|Landmarks Preservation Commission|1975|ps=.|p=4}}</ref> According to Sullivan's protege [[Frank Lloyd Wright]], the Bayard–Condict Building was Sullivan's favorite design.<ref name="LC p. 268" />

=== Facade ===
The Bleecker Street [[elevation]] of the facade is clad in white [[glazed architectural terra-cotta|glazed terracotta]] over a masonry wall.<ref name="p397939987" /> The facade has relatively undecorated [[mullion]]s and [[pilaster]]s, which accentuate its height<ref name="p397939987">{{cite news |last=Posner |first=Ellen |date=February 19, 1985 |title=Louis Sullivan's Low-Profile Skyscraper |page=1 |work=The Wall Street Journal |issn=0099-9660 |id={{ProQuest|397939987}}}}</ref><ref name="NPS p. 5">{{harvnb|National Park Service|1976|ps=.|p=5}}</ref> and divide the facade vertically into five [[Bay (architecture)|bays]].<ref name="NYCL pp. 4–5" /><ref name="NPS p. 2">{{harvnb|National Park Service|1976|ps=.|p=2}}</ref> The Bleecker Street facade is divided horizontally into three sections—an ornamented base, a shaft of identical stacked floors, and a decorated crown—illustrating Sullivan's views on [[skyscraper]] design.<ref name="nycland">{{cite nycland|page=60}}</ref><ref name="NYCL pp. 4–5">{{harvnb|Landmarks Preservation Commission|1975|ps=.|pp=4–5}}</ref> Whereas the protrude mullions and pilasters were intended to draw attention to the columns in the building's [[superstructure]], the superstructure's horizontal beams were deemphasized and covered with wide [[spandrel]] panels.<ref name="NPS p. 5" /><ref name="nyt-2001-10-05">{{Cite news |last=Muschamp |first=Herbert |date=October 5, 2001 |title=Critic's Notebook; For Rebuilders, Inspiration All Around |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/05/arts/critic-s-notebook-for-rebuilders-inspiration-all-around.html |access-date=May 25, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=April 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404041817/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/05/arts/critic-s-notebook-for-rebuilders-inspiration-all-around.html |url-status=live }}</ref> According to [[Herbert Muschamp]], the emphasis of the vertical elements may have been intended to represent "maximum development of a small urban site by thrusting against gravitational force".<ref name="nyt-2001-10-05" /> Sullivan's ornate floral designs decorate the facade's base and top, as well as the spandrels below each window opening.<ref name="aia42">{{cite AIA4|page=159}}</ref> The facade's other three elevations are made of red brick on [[Common bond (brick)|common bond]].<ref name="NPS p. 2" />

The lowest part of the Bleecker Street facade contains a concrete [[Water table (architecture)|water table]].<ref name="NPS p. 2" /> The entrance to the building is through the westernmost bay.<ref name="NPS p. 2" /><ref name="NYCL p. 5">{{harvnb|Landmarks Preservation Commission|1975|ps=.|p=5}}</ref> The doorway is flanked by [[Pier (architecture)|piers]], above which are a small [[cornice]] and an ornamented [[lunette]] with "organic" motifs such as spirals, leaves and tendrils. The lunette is topped by geometric designs and leaves.<ref name="NYCL p. 5" /> The base of the building originally contained storefronts separated by octagonal columns, above which were ornate [[Capital (architecture)|capitals]]<ref name="nyt-2002-01-09" /> that also depicted leaves.<ref name="Brickbuilder18982">{{cite magazine |date=1898 |title=Brick and Terracotta in American Cities, and Manufacturers' Department |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=iau.31858033436407&view=1up&seq=130&q1=%22bayard%22 |magazine=The Brickbuilder |volume=7 |page=128 |access-date=May 25, 2023 |archive-date=May 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504185824/https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=iau.31858033436407&view=1up&seq=130&q1=%22bayard%22 |url-status=live }}</ref> The original columns were removed in 1964<ref name="p397939987" /><ref name="nyt-2002-01-09" /> and restored in 2002.<ref name="NYCL p. 5" /> Above each of the ground-story storefronts are spandrel panels with more organic motifs.<ref name="NYCL p. 5" />

On the upper stories, the bays are separated by piers, which correspond to the internal structural system; each bay is topped by a large arch.<ref name="NYCL pp. 4–5" /> Above the second floor, each bay contains two [[sash windows]] per story, separated by a narrow mullion. There are recessed terracotta spandrels with geometric and organic motifs above the pairs of windows on each story.<ref name="NPS p. 2" /><ref name="NYCL p. 5" /> The spandrels above the eleventh floor are decorated with lions' heads.<ref name="NYCL p. 5" /> The top two stories (the twelfth and thirteenth) were intended to resemble a single story from the outside.<ref name="NYCL p. 4" /><ref name="LC p. 271">{{harvnb|Landau|Condit|1996|ps=.|p=271}}</ref> On these stories, each bay contains an arch at the twelfth and thirteenth stories, and there is a [[trefoil]] motif in the spandrels of each arch. A heavy cornice projects from the facade above the thirteenth floor.<ref name="NPS p. 2" /> The cornice contains decorative [[soffit]] panels.<ref name="NYCL (1999) p. 33" />[[File:Bayard-condict bldg crop.jpg|thumb|[[Parapet]] sculptural details]]There are six winged angels just below the cornice.<ref name="NPS p. 2" /><ref name="p397939987" /> For many years, it was widely believed that Silas Alden Condict, a lawyer with religious aspirations who had briefly owned the building, had wanted the angels to be included.<ref name="LC pp. 268–269">{{harvnb|Landau|Condit|1996|ps=.|pp=268–269}}</ref> Condict allegedly wanted the angels to represent the six working days of the week (excluding the [[Sabbath]]).<ref name="nyt-1957-05-15">{{Cite news |last=Berger |first=Meyer |date=May 15, 1957 |title=About New York; Bleecker St. Building Stands to Man Who Insisted Angels Have Role on Earth |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/05/15/archives/about-new-york-bleecker-st-building-stands-to-man-who-insisted.html |access-date=May 1, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=May 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505011130/https://www.nytimes.com/1957/05/15/archives/about-new-york-bleecker-st-building-stands-to-man-who-insisted.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Sullivan had allegedly initially objected to the presence of the angels;<ref name="aia42"/><ref name="nyt-1998-12-20" /> according to ''The New York Times'', Sullivan had asked Condict, "Do you want a commercial building or do you want a church?"<ref name="nyt-1957-05-15" /> This account is disputed by historians [[Sarah Landau]] and [[Carl W. Condit]], who wrote in their 1996 book ''Rise of the New York Skyscraper'' that Sullivan had used winged-angel motifs in his design for the [[Transportation Building (Chicago)|Transportation Building]] at the 1893 [[World's Columbian Exposition]].<ref name="LC pp. 268–269" /> The sculptures had been depicted in a ''[[Brickbuilder]]'' magazine article in June 1898,<ref name="Brickbuilder18982"/> before the Condict family had even bought the building.<ref name="NYCL p. 5" /> There are round motifs and leaves above the cornice,<ref name="Brickbuilder18982"/> but the roof of the building is otherwise flat.<ref name="NPS p. 2" />

=== Interior ===
According to the ''[[Architectural Review]]'', the Bayard–Condict Building was a speculative development "designed to be used for offices or light {{not a typo|manufactures}} as to the upper {{as written|stor|eys}}, and for shops in the ground and first floors".<ref name="AR1909">{{Cite magazine |date=January–June 1909 |title=Architecture in the United States; IV—The Commercial Buildings—The Shops |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=gri.ark:/13960/t1rg2kz02&view=1up&seq=94 |magazine=The Architectural Review |volume=25 |page=89 |access-date=May 25, 2023 |archive-date=May 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504220023/https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=gri.ark:/13960/t1rg2kz02&view=1up&seq=94 |url-status=live }}</ref> When the Bayard–Condict Building was built, it generally contained large [[loft]]-like spaces, as well as a mechanical core with elevators, utilities, and stairs. The lofts could be divided into smaller offices and were illuminated by natural light, which was maximized by the presence of [[Setback (architecture)|setbacks]] at the rear of the building.<ref name="NYCL p. 4" />

Originally, the building was to contain brick [[Curtain wall (architecture)|curtain walls]] with a uniform thickness of {{Convert|12|in}}. The interior would have been supported by a type of freestanding steel frame called the Gray system, which used {{convert|14|by|14|in|adj=on}} columns attached to cast-steel bases. Sullivan and [[Dankmar Adler]] had previously used the Gray system in the [[Prudential (Guaranty) Building]], but New York City officials were loath to approve the use of the Gray system.<ref name="NYCL p. 4" /> As a result, the curtain wall measured {{convert|20|in}} thick between the floor slabs for the first and fifth stories; {{convert|16|in}} thick between the fifth and ninth stories; and {{convert|12|in}} thick above the ninth story. The interior columns were also thickened, measuring between {{convert|24|in}} across at the ground story and {{convert|13|in}} across on the top two stories.<ref name="NYCL p. 4" /><ref name="LC pp. 270–271">{{harvnb|Landau|Condit|1996|ps=.|pp=270–271}}</ref>

By the late 20th century, the building was accessed through the westernmost bay on Bleecker Street, which led to a north–south hallway. The hallway had terrazzo floors, plastic wall tiles, and [[Dropped ceiling|acoustical ceiling]] tiles. A pair of elevators was positioned at the center of the hallway, while the rear end of the hallway had a stairway adjacent to a storefront. The staircase had an ornate balustrade between the basement and third story, stucco-and-plaster walls, and a plaster ceiling. On the upper stories, there was a hallway on the western end of each story connecting to the elevators and stair. The remainder of each story was divided into office or industrial space, with tile floors, plaster walls, and plaster ceilings.<ref name="NPS p. 2" /> Ceiling heights range from {{convert|15|ft}} on the first floor to {{convert|9.5|ft}} on the 12th floor.<ref name="LC p. 271" />{{efn|The ceiling heights were:
* 1st floor: {{Cvt|15|ft}}
* 2nd floor: {{Cvt|13|ft}}
* 3rd floor: {{Cvt|12|ft}}
* 4th and 5th floors: {{Cvt|11|ft}}
* 6th to 11th floors: {{Cvt|10|ft}}
* 12th floor: {{cvt|9.5|ft}}
* 13th floor: {{cvt|14.5|ft}}<ref name="LC p. 271"/>}}

==History==
The Bayard–Condict Building was constructed on the former site of the [[The Bank for Savings in the City of New-York|Bank for Savings in the City of New York]], also known as the Old Bleecker Street Bank.<ref name="n123872026">{{Cite news |date=September 15, 1897 |title=Old Bleecker St. Bank Sold |pages=5 |work=The World |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123872026/old-bleecker-st-bank-sold/ |access-date=May 1, 2023 |archive-date=May 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501185545/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123872026/old-bleecker-st-bank-sold/ |url-status=live }}</ref> That bank relocated to [[Fourth Avenue (Manhattan)|Fourth Avenue]] in the late 19th century.<ref name="r-7031148_023_00000692">{{cite magazine |date=April 8, 1899 |title=Real Estate Market |url=https://rerecord.library.columbia.edu/document.php?vol=ldpd_7031148_023&page=ldpd_7031148_023_00000692&no=1 |magazine=The Real Estate Record: Real estate record and builders' guide |volume=63 |pages=618 |via=[[Columbia University|columbia.edu]] |number=1621 |access-date=May 25, 2023 |archive-date=May 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505013401/https://rerecord.library.columbia.edu/document.php?vol=ldpd_7031148_023&page=ldpd_7031148_023_00000692&no=1 |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Development ===
[[File:Bayard-Condict Building HABS NY,31-NEYO,82-3.jpg|thumb|Entry and lower [[facade]] as depicted in the [[Historic American Buildings Survey]]]]
The United Loan and Investment Company had been incorporated in 1895 to sell [[Security (finance)|securities]], land, and mortgages for a commission; it was authorized to trade real estate in 1897.<ref name="NYCL p. 3" /> That September, United Loan acquired a {{convert|83.6|by|100|ft|adj=on}} site on the north side of Bleecker Street from the Bank for Savings. The site reportedly cost $200,000, most of which was covered by a $150,000 mortgage from the Bank of Savings, which was to come due in three years.<ref name="n123872026" /><ref name="n123872098">{{Cite news |date=September 15, 1897 |title=In the Real Estate Field |pages=10 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123872098/in-the-real-estate-field/ |access-date=May 1, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=May 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505015215/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123872098/in-the-real-estate-field/ |url-status=live }}</ref> United Loan immediately announced plans to erect the 12-story Bayard Building<ref name="NYCL p. 3" /> at a cost of $100,000.<ref name="n123872026" /> The edifice was to be named after the [[Bayard family]], an early settler of the colony of [[New Netherland]], whose area included modern-day New York.<ref name="NYCL p. 3">{{harvnb|Landmarks Preservation Commission|1975|ps=.|p=3}}</ref><ref name="LC pp. 269–270">{{harvnb|Landau|Condit|1996|ps=.|pp=269–270}}</ref> Although the family was not involved with the project,<ref name="NYCL p. 3" /> Landau and Condit wrote that the structure directly referenced [[William Bayard Jr.]], the Bank for Savings' first president.<ref name="LC pp. 269–270" /> Louis Sullivan, working with Lyndon P. Smith of New York state, had been hired to design the structure during mid-1897.<ref name="NYCL p. 3" />

The partnership of Sullivan & Smith submitted plans for a 12-story structure at 65–69 Bleecker Street{{efn|Some sources, such as the ''Chicago Tribune'', described the building as "150 feet east of Broadway".<ref name=p175527792/>}} to the [[New York City Department of Buildings]] on September 17, 1897,<ref name="NYCL p. 4" /> and ''The New York Times'' announced these plans on September 23.<ref name="p95468419">{{cite news |date=September 23, 1897 |title=The Building Department.: List of Plans Filed for New Structures and Alterations. |page=10 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |id={{ProQuest|95468419}}}}</ref> The building was to be a fireproof structure with a terracotta facade and would contain numerous elevators.<ref name="NYCL p. 4" /><ref name="p175527792">{{cite news |date=October 10, 1897 |title=Among Architects and Builders: Suggestion as to Best Method of Constructing Foundations |page=30 |work=Chicago Daily Tribune |issn=1085-6706 |id={{ProQuest|175527792}}}}</ref> ''The New York Times'' estimated the building would cost $400,000,<ref name="p95468419" /> while the ''Chicago Daily Tribune'' gave a cost of $275,000.<ref name="p175527792" /> According to trade publication ''The Construction News'', the building was to cost between $250,000 and $275,000.<ref name="p128384562">{{Cite magazine |date=October 13, 1897 |title=Store and Business Buildings |magazine=The Construction News |volume=5 |issue=41 |page=475 |id={{ProQuest|128384562}}}}</ref> After disputes over various aspects of the planned building were resolved, United Loan began erecting the Bayard Building in December 1897.<ref name="NYCL p. 4" /> Although Sullivan never again designed another building in New York City, the reason for this is unclear. The ''Blue Guide New York'' said Sullivan had a hard time getting the Bayard Building to meet the city's building codes, while Carl Condit stated that the building's remote location on Bleecker Street may have been a factor.<ref name="nyt-1995-04-16">{{Cite news |last=McKinley |first=Jesse |date=April 16, 1995 |title=F.Y.I. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/16/nyregion/fyi-134995.html |access-date=May 25, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=May 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506162916/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/16/nyregion/fyi-134995.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

The Bank for Savings initiated foreclosure proceedings on the property in December 1898.<ref name="n123872420">{{Cite news |date=December 15, 1898 |title=Foreclosure Suit by Bank for Savings |pages=10 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123872420/foreclosure-suit-by-bank-for-savings/ |access-date=May 1, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=May 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505015212/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123872420/foreclosure-suit-by-bank-for-savings/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In April 1899, Charles W. Rice of the [[Perth Amboy Terra Cotta Company]] acquired the building at a foreclosure auction for $327,000,<ref name="r-7031148_023_00000692" /><ref name="p574596231">{{cite news |date=April 5, 1899 |title=Realty at Auction |page=13 |work=New-York Tribune |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|574596231}}}}</ref> wiping out United Loan's investment in the structure.<ref name="n123872328">{{Cite news |date=October 14, 1899 |title=Receiver Appointed |pages=12 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123872328/receiver-appointed/ |access-date=May 1, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=May 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507204805/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123872328/receiver-appointed/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Rice had been one of the building's material contractors, and he had purchased the building to satisfy $150,000 in [[lien]]s.<ref name="r-7031148_023_00000692" /> Emmeline G. H. Condict bought the building in June 1899 from Chase Mellen for $37,000, taking out a $310,000 mortgage on the property.<ref name="n123869840">{{Cite news |date=June 28, 1899 |title=In the Real Estate Field |pages=12 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123869840/in-the-real-estate-field/ |access-date=May 1, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=May 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501182743/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123869840/in-the-real-estate-field/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The building was completed in December 1899.<ref name="NYCL p. 4" /> The tenth floor was severely damaged in a fire in March 1900,<ref name="n123931694">{{Cite news |date=March 23, 1900 |title=Early Morning Fire in Bleecker-St. |pages=9 |work=New-York Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123931694/early-morning-fire-in-bleecker-st/ |access-date=May 2, 2023 |archive-date=May 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505065152/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123931694/early-morning-fire-in-bleecker-st/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="n123931744">{{Cite news |date=March 22, 1900 |title=Fire in a Skyscraper |pages=1 |work=Times Union |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123931744/fire-in-a-skyscraper/ |access-date=May 2, 2023 |archive-date=May 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506012710/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123931744/fire-in-a-skyscraper/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and the Condict family sold the building that May to its builder, Charles T. Wills.<ref name="NYCL p. 4" />

=== 20th century ===
Sources disagree on the building's original name. Landau and Condit described the structure as being known as the "Bayard Building" when it was completed,<ref name="LC p. 268" /> while the [[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]] (LPC) said that it was already known as the "Condict Building" when it opened in December 1899.<ref name="NYCL p. 4" /> A 1901 directory listed the Bayard Building as an office building at 65–67 Bleecker Street, adjacent to another office building, the Condict Building at 69 Bleecker Street.<ref name="NYCL p. 4" /> A ''New York Times'' article about the 1900 fire identified 65–67 Bleecker Street as the Condict Building,<ref name="n124041943">{{Cite news |date=March 23, 1900 |title=Fire in Clothing Factory |pages=4 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/124041943/fire-in-clothing-factory/ |access-date=May 25, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=May 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507080617/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/124041943/fire-in-clothing-factory/ |url-status=live }}</ref> while the Brooklyn ''[[Brooklyn Times-Union|Times Union]]'' described the Condict Building as occupying "65, 67 and 69 Bleecker Street".<ref name="n123931744" /> In its early years, the Condict Building operated as a commercial loft structure.<ref name="p576179996">{{cite news |date=January 20, 1920 |title=Investors Are Buying Downtown: Paying Profits to Speculators for Business Premises, in Many Cases Now Occupied by the Buyers |page=23 |work=New-York Tribune |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|576179996}}}}</ref><ref name="nyt-1920-01-20">{{Cite news |date=January 20, 1920 |title=Loft Property Demand; $450,000 Bleecker Street Loft Bought by Heidelberg, Wolff & Co. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1920/01/20/archives/loft-property-demand-450000-bleecker-street-loft-bought-by.html |access-date=May 25, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=May 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506011931/https://www.nytimes.com/1920/01/20/archives/loft-property-demand-450000-bleecker-street-loft-bought-by.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The Wills estate continued to own the Condict Building until January 1920, when the estate sold the building to Heidelberg, Wolff & Co.<ref name="p576179996" /> for $450,000.<ref name="nyt-1920-01-20" />

Elgin Shulsky acquired the building during the 1940s.<ref name="nyt-2002-01-09" /><ref name="wsj-2013-10-28">{{Cite news |last=Li |first=Roland |date=October 28, 2013 |title=Dynasties: Remounting After a Split |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304200804579161954176910652.html |access-date=May 25, 2023 |issn=0099-9660}}</ref> At the end of that decade, the capitals above the columns at ground level were covered with plaster and cinder blocks. This blunted the effect of Sullivan's original storefronts, which had been designed as full-height glass panels between small columns.<ref name="nyt-1964-10-06">{{Cite news |date=October 6, 1964 |title=Noted Architectural Ornaments Will Go to Museum |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/10/06/archives/noted-architectural-ornaments-will-go-to-museum-arts-group-saves.html |access-date=May 25, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=May 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506162913/https://www.nytimes.com/1964/10/06/archives/noted-architectural-ornaments-will-go-to-museum-arts-group-saves.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The popularity of ornate facades, such as that of the Condict Building, had declined significantly by the late 1950s, prompting the [[Municipal Art Society]] to select the building as one of several in the city that were "worthy of preservation".<ref name="p114447547">{{cite news |last=Callahan |first=John P. |date=July 13, 1958 |title=Ornate Facades Lose Appeal in Era When Less is More: Stark Modern Decor Ends Use of Angel and Gargoyle Ornate Facades Fade From City |page=R1 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |id={{ProQuest|114447547}}}}</ref> Elgin Shulsky replaced the original storefronts with generic commercial aluminum storefronts, designed by Gustave W. Iser, in 1964.<ref name="nyt-1964-10-06" /> The neighborhood was largely occupied at the time by warehousing and light manufacturing firms.<ref name="nyt-2002-01-09">{{Cite news |last=Dunlap |first=David W. |date=January 9, 2002 |title=Commercial Real Estate; A Sullivan Is Restored With Honor |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/09/business/commercial-real-estate-a-sullivan-is-restored-with-honor.html |access-date=May 1, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=May 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505004351/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/09/business/commercial-real-estate-a-sullivan-is-restored-with-honor.html |url-status=live }}</ref> One of the original capitals was preserved in the [[Brooklyn Museum]], while a group led by [[Ivan Karp]] obtained another capital for the collection of the Anonymous Arts Museum.<ref name="nyt-1964-10-06" /> The capital in the Brooklyn Museum's collection became part of a sculpture garden.<ref name="nyt-1967-12-20">{{Cite news |last=Knox |first=Sanka |date=December 20, 1967 |title=Museum Sets Up a Memory Lane; Salvage Garden in Brooklyn Gets Street Pavements |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1967/12/20/archives/museum-sets-up-a-memory-lane-salvage-garden-in-brooklyn-gets-street.html |access-date=May 25, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=May 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506162913/https://www.nytimes.com/1967/12/20/archives/museum-sets-up-a-memory-lane-salvage-garden-in-brooklyn-gets-street.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

The LPC first hosted a public hearing on whether to designate the building as a city landmark in 1966, but the structure was not designated because the owners objected to it.<ref name="p397939987" /> The LPC hosted further hearings in 1970, 1974, and 1975<ref name="p397939987" /><ref name="NYCL p. 1">{{harvnb|Landmarks Preservation Commission|1975|ps=.|p=1}}</ref> before it designated the Bayard–Condict Building as a city landmark on November 25, 1975.<ref name="n123864450" /><ref name="nyt-1975-11-26">{{Cite news |date=November 26, 1975 |title=Brooklyn Area Named Landmark |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/11/26/archives/article-1-no-title.html |access-date=May 1, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=May 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505074722/https://www.nytimes.com/1975/11/26/archives/article-1-no-title.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The LPC designated the Bayard–Condict Building largely on the grounds that it was Sullivan's only New York City building.<ref name="nyt-1981-09-20">{{Cite news |last=Sulzberger |first=A. O. Jr. |date=September 20, 1981 |title=Landmarks Panel Adopts Bolder Tack |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/09/20/nyregion/landmarks-panel-adopts-bolder-tack.html |access-date=May 25, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=November 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221109192941/https://www.nytimes.com/1981/09/20/nyregion/landmarks-panel-adopts-bolder-tack.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The Shulsky family immediately sued the LPC, claiming that "the vast majority of the population in the City of New York and the United States of America have no knowledge whatsoever" of the building's existence, but the lawsuit stalled.<ref name="p397939987" /> The building's owners also objected when preservationist Carolyn Pitts nominated the building for [[National Historic Landmark]] designation the next year. Despite the owners' claim that the building was "run-down" and "undistinguished", Pitts surreptitiously created a report on the building and submitted it to the [[United States Department of the Interior]],<ref name="p262475379">{{cite news |last=Hays |first=Laurie |date=January 25, 1987 |title=Feisty preservationist rescues historic buildings |page=1H |work=St. Petersburg Times |id={{ProQuest|262475379}}}}</ref> which approved the nomination the same year.<ref name="nrhpinv">{{cite web |author=Pitts, Carolyn |date=August 11, 1976 |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination, Bayard–Condict Building |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NHLS/76001236_text |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=May 25, 2023 |archive-date=May 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501131523/https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NHLS/76001236_text |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="nrhpphotos">{{cite web |date=August 11, 1976 |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination, Bayard–Condict Building – Accompanying 4 photos, exterior, from 1970 |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NHLS/76001236_photos |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=May 25, 2023 |archive-date=May 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501130004/https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NHLS/76001236_photos |url-status=live }}</ref>

The building continued to be largely occupied by commercial tenants through the late 20th century. By the early 1980s, the Shulsky family was replacing the industrial tenants with office tenants, as the owners wished to refurbish the building.<ref name="p397939987" /><ref name="nyt-2002-01-09" /> Among the tenants who moved out was the building's largest occupant, a company specializing in ribbons and artificial flowers.<ref name="nyt-1983-12-18">{{Cite news |date=December 18, 1983 |title=Postings; 1899 Landmark Springs to Life |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/18/realestate/postings-1899-landmark-springs-to-life.html |access-date=May 25, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=May 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230509172733/https://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/18/realestate/postings-1899-landmark-springs-to-life.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The vacant space was rented to office tenants for as low as {{convert|8|$/ft2}}.<ref name="nyt-2002-01-09" /> Subsequently, the Shulsky family renovated the lobby to designs by [[Edgar Tafel]], whose mentor Frank Lloyd Wright had studied under Sullivan.<ref name="nyt-1983-12-18" /><ref name="p397939987" /> Elgin Shulsky's son Marvin Shulsky took over the building's management in the 1980s.<ref name="wsj-2013-10-28" />

=== Restoration ===
[[File:Bayard-Condict Building entrance.jpg|thumb|Entrance (2010)]]
In 1996, New York City-based architecture and engineering firm [[Wank Adams Slavin Associates]] designed and oversaw a restoration of the Bayard–Condict Building's facade.<ref name="n123864223">{{Cite news |last=Swanson |first=Stevenson |date=April 1, 2002 |title=N. Y. polishes Chicagoan's gem |pages=1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123864223/bayard-condict/ 2] |work=Chicago Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123864145/n-y-polishes-chicagoans/ |access-date=May 1, 2023 |archive-date=May 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505071815/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123864145/n-y-polishes-chicagoans/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The project cost $800,000.<ref name="n123864223" /><ref name="nyt-2002-01-09" /> Of the 7,000 [[glazed architectural terra-cotta]] tiles, 1,200 had to be replaced.<ref name="n123864223" /> Marvin Shulsky said at the time: "I figured I had a choice: cover the whole thing in $10's and $20's or redo the terra cotta."<ref name="nyt-2002-01-09" /> In addition, replicas of the original capitals at ground level, modeled after the capital in the Anonymous Arts Museum's collection, were installed.<ref name="nyt-2002-01-09" /> By then, the building was nearly fully occupied by tenants such as the [[Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts]], [[Carl Fischer Music]], the literary agency of [[Sterling Lord]], cosmetics firm [[The Estée Lauder Companies]], and [[USA Films]].<ref name="nyt-2002-01-09" />  The LPC further designated the building as part of the [[NoHo Historic District]] in June 1999.<ref name="nyt-1999-06-30">{{Cite news |last=MacFarquhar |first=Neil |date=June 30, 1999 |title=First SoHo, Now NoHo: Panel Designates a Historic District |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/30/nyregion/first-soho-now-noho-panel-designates-a-historic-district.html |access-date=May 1, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=August 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130826090737/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/30/nyregion/first-soho-now-noho-panel-designates-a-historic-district.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation]] gave its Village Award in 2003 to the contractors who restored the building.<ref>[http://www.gvshp.org/_gvshp/events/awards.htm "Awards"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528014847/http://www.gvshp.org/_gvshp/events/awards.htm |date=May 28, 2015 }} on the [[Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation]] website</ref> By 2013, Marvin Shulsky's son-in-law Lawrence Ellenberg had taken over the building and was adding an elevator.<ref name="wsj-2013-10-28" /> During the early 21st century, the building's tenants included the [[Council of Fashion Designers of America]],<ref name="p1434339449">{{cite magazine |last=Karimzadeh |first=Marc |date=January 31, 2012 |title=CFDA To Move Offices: CFDA to Move Downtown |magazine=Women's Wear Daily |volume=203 |issue=20 |pages=1, 12 |id={{ProQuest|1434339449}}}}</ref> a law firm,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Finn |first=Robin |date=February 18, 2012 |title=Casey Greenfield v. the World |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/nyregion/in-casey-greenfields-personal-custody-fight-the-makings-of-a-public-expert.html |access-date=May 25, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=May 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517113959/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/nyregion/in-casey-greenfields-personal-custody-fight-the-makings-of-a-public-expert.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and an ice cream shop.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fabricant |first=Florence |date=July 25, 2022 |title=Scoops Go Flying at Catch'n Ice Cream |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/25/dining/catchn-ice-cream-nyc.html |access-date=May 25, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022040727/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/25/dining/catchn-ice-cream-nyc.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Critical reception==
When the Bayard–Condict Building was completed, it was a radical design for its time, since it contravened the strictures of [[American Renaissance architecture]] which were the accepted ''status quo''. However, it had little influence on architectural design in New York City, because of its location in the industrial area that Bleecker Street was during that period.<ref name="aia42" /> [[Russell Sturgis]] said the structure "exemplifies the growth of modern American building connected with the steel cage construction", saying that the design was clearly intended to be that of a skyscraper.<ref name="NYCL p. 6">{{harvnb|Landmarks Preservation Commission|1975|ps=.|p=6}}</ref> [[Montgomery Schuyler]] wrote: "There is nothing capricious in the general treatment of this structure. It is an attempt, and a very serious attempt, to found the architecture of a tall building upon the facts of the case."<ref name="NYCL p. 6" /><ref name="NPS p. 4">{{harvnb|National Park Service|1976|ps=.|p=4}}</ref> A reporter for ''The Wall Street Journal'' wrote that, following the building's completion, the public saw Louis Sullivan "as the architect who had solved the problem of what to do with the skyscraper".<ref name="p397939987" />

The building was still largely lauded in the late 20th century. A reporter for the ''[[New York Daily News]]'' described the Bayard–Condict Building in 1964 as having "the appearance of a large commercial structure from the {{As written|1897|–98}} period", despite its significance as Sullivan's only New York City building.<ref name="n123868487">{{Cite news |date=March 1, 1964 |title=A Doughty Band of Preservationists is Battling 'Progress' to Defend City's Few Standing Landmarks from Wrecker's Ball |pages=84 |work=Daily News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123868487/a-doughty-band-of-preservationists-is/ |access-date=May 1, 2023 |archive-date=May 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506202939/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123868487/a-doughty-band-of-preservationists-is/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The same year, the ''Times'' said the building "is still in every important textbook of the American skyscraper".<ref name="nyt-1964-10-06" /> In designating the Bayard–Condict Building as a city landmark in 1975, the LPC wrote that the structure was "the most significant commercial building utilizing skyscraper structural techniques in New York City".<ref name="p397939987" /><ref name="NYCL p. 1" /> [[Paul Goldberger]] described the Bayard–Condict Building's cornice in 1976 as "perhaps the finest cornice in all of New York".<ref name="nyt-1976-05-07">{{Cite news |last=Goldberger |first=Paul |date=May 7, 1976 |title=Metropolitan Baedeker |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/05/07/archives/metropolitan-baedeker-astor-place-a-mingling-of-theaters-ghosts-and.html |access-date=May 25, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=May 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506230907/https://www.nytimes.com/1976/05/07/archives/metropolitan-baedeker-astor-place-a-mingling-of-theaters-ghosts-and.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In his 1994 book ''New York, a Guide to the Metropolis'', Gerard Wolfe wrote that the Bayard–Condict Building was a "startlingly ornate" structure that was tucked onto a side street.<ref name="Wolfe 1994">{{cite book | last=Wolfe | first=Gerard R. | title=New York, a Guide to the Metropolis: Walking Tours of Architecture and History | publisher=McGraw-Hill | year=1994 | isbn=978-0-07-071397-0 | page=108}}</ref>

The building also received positive commentary after its renovation in the 1990s and 2000s. According to Herbert Muschamp in 2001, the building "stands as a reminder that private clients, including developers, were once more eager than the cultural organizations to embrace progressive ideals".<ref name="nyt-2001-10-05" /> A 2003 ''[[Miami Herald]]'' article described the Bayard–Condict Building as "massive and delicate",<ref name="n123868831">{{Cite news |last=Kreuzer |first=Terese Loeb |date=March 9, 2003 |title=Tour of Greenwich Village takes visitors on divergent paths |pages=911 |work=The Miami Herald |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123868831/tour-of-greenwich-village-takes/ |access-date=May 1, 2023 |archive-date=May 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506212932/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123868831/tour-of-greenwich-village-takes/ |url-status=live }}</ref> while the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' wrote that the building was "a study in terra-cotta ornamentation".<ref name="p279564167">{{Cite news |last=Swanson |first=Stevenson |date=April 1, 2002 |title=N.Y. polishes Chicagoan's gem; How and why Louis Sullivan designed a Big Apple landmark remains murky |page=1.1 |work=Chicago Tribune |id={{ProQuest|279564167}}}}</ref> The architect Chad Smith wrote for the ''[[Village Voice]]'' in 2005: "It is new because it is modern—both for its forward-looking design and because it was (and is) an innovative solution to 19th-century problems. It feels fresh because it is still so completely a building of its age."<ref name="p232309496">{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Chad |date=March 23, 2005 |title=Saving Face |page=16 |work=The Village Voice |id={{ProQuest|232309496}}}}</ref> The Bayard–Condict Building's architecture also inspired the design of other structures, including a nearby office building in [[SoHo, Manhattan|SoHo]] designed by [[Marcello Porcelli]] and [[Cookfox]] during the 2010s.<ref name="wsj-2014-02-11">{{Cite news |last=Slatin |first=Peter |date=February 11, 2014 |title=Gas-Station Owner Cashes 'Lottery Ticket' |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303874504579377001901952182.html |access-date=May 25, 2023 |issn=0099-9660}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Architecture|New York City}}
* [[:Category:Louis Sullivan buildings|Louis Sullivan buildings]]
* [[Chicago school (architecture)]]
* [[:Category:Chicago school (architecture)|Chicago School: category index]]
* [[List of National Historic Landmarks in New York City]]
* [[List of New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan below 14th Street]]
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Manhattan below 14th Street]]

==References==
===Notes===
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===Citations===
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===Sources===
* {{cite report|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/52db23e7-5439-4b35-85d5-01a4824426a8|title=Bayard-Condict Building|date=December 8, 1976|publisher=[[National Register of Historic Places]], [[National Park Service]]|ref={{harvid|National Park Service|1976}}}}
* {{cite report|url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/0882.pdf|title=Bayard-Condict Building|date=November 25, 1975|publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]]|ref={{Harvid|Landmarks Preservation Commission|1975}}}}
* {{Cite nysky|pages=268–271}}
* {{cite report |url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/2039.pdf |title=NoHo Historic District |date=June 29, 1999 |publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]] |ref={{Harvid|Landmarks Preservation Commission|1999}}}}

==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline|Bayard-Condict Building}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20161107133642/http://www.in-arch.net/NYC/nyc1.html#00 "Bayard–Condict Building"] at in-Arch Net
* [http://www.nyc-architecture.com/SOH/SOH052.htm "Bayard–Condict Building"] at New York Architecture
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170226025443/http://nycarchitecture.columbia.edu/0242_2/0242_2_s5_2_text.html "Romantic Symbols: Sullivan in New York"] at [[Columbia University]]'s NYC Architecture site
* {{HABS |survey=NY-5485 |id=ny0350 |title=Bayard-Condict Building, 65–69 Bleecker Street, New York, New York County, NY |photos=5 |data=7}}

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