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The Sherwood Studio Building was an artists' apartment building at 58 West 57th Street, at the southeast corner with Sixth Avenue (Avenue of the Americas) in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The building was constructed in 1879 as artists' apartments. It was demolished in 1960 to permit the construction of a large apartment building called Hemisphere House. It differed from the other studio buildings of its time in its extent and in the amenities it offered. It was taller than most, with great floor-to-ceiling windows, many of which gathered northern light across an unusually broad street. In addition to spacious studios, its apartments contained bedrooms, bathrooms, and reception rooms. Each apartment had central heating, gas light, and, for internal communication, electric bells and speaking tubes. The building's elevator was large enough to fit oversize works of art. There was an exhibition hall that could also be used for receptions and parties. An on-site café-restaurant helped to compensate for the building's lack of kitchenettes and became popular for the social interaction it enabled as well as the meals it provided. In its early years, the building adjoined the homes of prosperous art collectors and a later transformation brought luxury shops and tony cultural institutions as its neighbors. With all these advantages, "the Sherwood", as it came to be called, succeeded in attracting artists who were comfortably well off, whether because they had already established successful careers or because they benefited from inherited wealth. Moreover, its location and amenities made it particularly attractive to single women and small families. (en)

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John H. Sherwood (en)

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Robert Crannell Minor, shown in his studio in the Sherwood Studio Building, about 1900 (en)
Detail from an 1879 perspective map of midtown Manhattan showing the location of the Sherwood Studio Building (en)
Studio of Roswell Morse Shurtleff in the Sherwood Studio Building, 1895 (en)
Detail from Plate 19 of the Atlas of the Entire City of New York, showing part of Ward 19 below Central Park (en)
Detail from an 1879 perspective map of midtown Manhattan by Will L. Taylor for Galt & Hoy, printers (en)
Studio of Albert H. Baldwin in the Sherwood Studio Building, about 1893 (en)

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The studio of Albert H. Baldwin shows the fireplace that supplemented the building's central heat. The studio of Roswell Morse Shurtlef gives an idea of the room's size. This photo also shows the doorway leading to the adjoining reception room. The studio of Robert Crannell Minor shows the room's high ceiling and gas lighting. These photos are illuminated by natural light coming from behind the camera through the building's large windows. (en)

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Sherwood Studio Building seen about 1940 (en)

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Sherwood Studio Building (en)

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It was a wonderful building, because models walked up and down the aisle, knocked on the door, asked if you wanted a model. So, you were never short of models— Black, Chinese, Japanese, White, everything. It was wonderful. -- Ilse Bischoff in an oral history interview, January 1982.'' (en)
Such men as Coleman and Church, extracted a conditional promise from me years ago that I would plan and build an establishment coming within the means of artists in this country, who have, by the way, to be content with smaller prices than their brethren in Europe, but are, nevertheless, in the receipt of sufficient incomes to live comfortably, even elegantly, in quarters suited to their professional and personal requirements. — John H. Sherman speaking to a reporter in May 1879.'' (en)

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The Sherwood Studio Building was an artists' apartment building at 58 West 57th Street, at the southeast corner with Sixth Avenue (Avenue of the Americas) in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The building was constructed in 1879 as artists' apartments. It was demolished in 1960 to permit the construction of a large apartment building called Hemisphere House. (en)

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