Sheffield Farms Stable

Sheffield Farms Stable was a historic stable located in Manhattanville, Manhattan, New York. Designed by Frank A. Rooke, it was a six-story, light colored brick building with terracotta ornament. It was originally built in 1903 as a two-story stable building for the Sheffield Farms dairy, then expanded to its present size in 1909. It housed horses used for the delivery of pasteurized milk until July 1938. It was sold in 1942, after which it housed a real estate company, insurance company, and warehouse.^[2]

Sheffield Farms Stable
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Sheffield Farms Stable, March 2009
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Location	3229 Broadway, New York, New York
Coordinates	40°49′0″N 73°57′30″W
Area	less than one acre
Built by	Dawson & Archer
Architect	Frank A. Rooke
Architectural style	Renaissance
NRHP reference No.	05001285[1]
Added to NRHP	November 9, 2005

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.^[1]

The site is now part of Columbia University's new Manhattanville Campus. In 2009, Columbia contracted with the building's owner, who ran a moving and storage business in it, to build her a new building at 51 Audubon Avenue, incorporating the stable's façade. The façade was dismantled in 2009, and reïnstalled in the new building in 2012.^[3][4]

The building has since been demolished. Today the entire blockfront is occupied by the university's Greene Science Center.^[5]

References

1. "Sheffield Farms Stable", National Park Service Focus, November 9, 2005, retrieved March 30, 2016
2. Coombs, Tamara (July 2005), "Sheffield Farms Stable" (PDF), New York State Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS) (National Register of Historic Places Registration Form), retrieved March 30, 2016; and accompanying 16 photographs
3. Schuppe, Jon (December 9, 2009). "Stable Owner Gives Way to Columbia, and Takes Her Historic Building With Her". DNAinfo New York. Archived from the original on April 27, 2016. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
4. See Google Street View, 51 Audubon Avenue, August 2012.
5. Zients, Sasha (October 5, 2015). "Opening Next Fall, First Manhattanville Buildings to Promote Interdisciplinary Activity". Columbia Daily Spectator. New York: Spectator Publishing Company. Retrieved March 31, 2016.