Completed in 1902 as the headquarters of the Fuller Company, this 22-story tower by Daniel Burnham and Frederick Dinkelberg fills a narrow triangle where Fifth Avenue and Broadway cross. Its shape, like that of an old cast-iron clothes iron, gave it its name.
It was one of New York's early skyscrapers, and some locals doubted it would stand, calling it "Burnham's Folly." Its steel frame was designed to resist four times the strongest winds expected. Like a classical column, the facade has a base, shaft and crown: three stories of limestone at the bottom, then glazed terra cotta above.
Often called one of the world's most iconic skyscrapers, it is a National Historic Landmark. Its owners announced in 2023 that it would become residential condominiums.
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