362-378 Seventh Ave 
1919-20 Sommerfeld & Steckler

Also known as the Holmes Building, this 17-story brick structure was built by developer Ephriam B. Miller for offices, showrooms and manufacturing. It was designed by Benjamin Steckler and William C. Sommerfeld, who established their firm in 1906 and gained recognition for their apartment buildings on the Upper West Side, as well as their industrial and commercial structures. With a Neoclassical style, it features a three-story limestone base with stone pilasters between large plate-glass storefront windows on the ground floor and cast-iron window surrounds on the second and third floors. The fourth floor has stone pilasters with recessed panels capped by a stone cornice. The upper floor windows have simple stone sills, with a stone cornice on the 14th floor. The main entrance is marked by a suspended iron marquee. It originally had Art-Deco style light fixtures attached to the pilasters between storefronts.