Exterior view of the second Madison Square Garden building at Fifth and Madison Avenues, 26th and 27th Streets, New York City. The building, designed by Stanford White, was built in 1890 and demolished in 1925. It featured a 32-story tower topped by a nude statue of the Roman goddess Diana. Inside were an arena, theater, concert hall and swimming pool. White was shot and killed on the rooftop garden of this building by Harry Thaw in 1906.

Identifier
NYSA_A3045-78_D47_NM

Date Original
1890 – circa 1911

Source
New York State Archives. Education Dept. Division of Visual Instruction. Instructional lantern slides, 1911-1925, A3045-78, Lantern slide D47_NM Box 14

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