Landmarks in Queens, NY

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E. V. Haughwout Building was built in 1857 by John P. Gaynor. It is located in Manhattan, New York City. It was a five-story building that installed the world's first successful passenger elevator on March 23, 1857, a hydraulic one designed by Elisha Graves Otis. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 28, 1973.