26 Broadway in Manhattan began as an 1885 building for Standard Oil, credited in one passage to Francis H. Kimball and in another to Ebenezer L. Roberts. A 1921 to 1928 expansion was designed by Thomas Hastings of Carrère and Hastings, with Shreve, Lamb & Blake, and Richmond Shreve oversaw construction. The style is Renaissance Revival. The site was once Alexander Hamilton's house.
The tower is faced in buff Indiana limestone, with rusticated limestone on the lowest four stories. It is about 520 feet (158 m) tall, with a 16-story base. Setbacks followed the 1916 Zoning Resolution. A ziggurat pyramid carried a cauldron lit by kerosene lamps until 1956. The lobby uses pink marble, travertine and bronze grilles.
It became a New York City landmark on May 16, 1995. The Chetrit Group bought it in 2007. The infobox names a brokerage as owner, while the text names Broadway 26 Waterview. The article gives no hours.
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