Lord and Burnham Building
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Lord & Burnham Building
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West elevation, 2007
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| Location | Irvington, NY |
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| Nearest city | Yonkers, NY |
| Coordinates | 41°2′22″N 73°52′21″W / 41.03944°N 73.87250°WCoordinates: 41°2′22″N 73°52′21″W / 41.03944°N 73.87250°W |
| Area | 0.8 acre (3,200 m2) |
| Built | 1881 |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne |
| Part of | Irvington Historic District (#01300195) |
| NRHP Reference # | 99000193 |
| Added to NRHP | February 12, 1999 |
The Lord & Burnham Building, located at the corner of Main and Astor Streets in Irvington, New York, United States, is a brick building in the Queen Anne architectural style built in the 1880s. In 1999 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and was added as a contributing property to the Irvington Historic District since 2014.
From 1870 on it had been home to Lord's Horticultural Works, a builder of boilers and conservatories that had relocated to Irvington to better serve the owners of the many Hudson Valley estates who were its main clients. A fire destroyed the original building; it was replaced by the current structure. As Lord & Burnham, it continued its business until 1988. The building currently houses condominium apartments and the village's public library.
The former factory occupies an 0.8-acre (3,200 m2) lot at the southeast corner of the intersection, across Astor Street from the village's train station. At the west end of Irvington's downtown, the surrounding buildings on Main and Astor are primarily two-story commercial structures from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. To its south is a parking lot; additional spaces are also located along both sides of Astor to serve commuters. Across the railroad tracks are some other large industrial structures once used by Lord & Burnham, now known as the Bridge Street Properties which have also been redeveloped. The terrain is level towards the Hudson River to the west, and rises sharply to the east, reflecting the bluffs of the river.
Three sections, all of brick laid in common bond, make up the building itself. The main block, originally the company's offices, is the six-by-six-bay four-story portion at the corner, topped by a mansard roof covered in tin shingles. At the very corner is a tower with pyramidal roof similarly clad. It is complemented by a two-bay gabled pavilion on the north facade and a similar-sized stepped-gabled pavilion on the south at the opposite ends of their respective facades.
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