Woolworth Building Columbia Records. Columbia Records moved into the building in 1913 and housed a recording studio in it. In 1917, Columbia made what are considered the first jazz recordings, by the Original Dixieland Jass Band, in this studio. During World War II, the Kellex Corporation, part of the Manhattan Project to develop nuclear weapons, was based here. Notes Bibliography Woolworth Building The Woolworth Building, at 233 Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, designed by architect Cass Gilbert and constructed between 1910 and 1912, is an early US skyscraper. The original site for the building was purchased by F. W. Woolworth and his
Frederick Cass (died 1861) Lodge on 4 September 1824, who was rector of the parish of Monken Hadley in north London and a distinguished local historian. Frederick Cass willed the relevant advowson to his son. Another of their sons, Arthur Herbert Cass, was a Major in the 10th Royal Hussars and fought in the Battle of Chernaya during the Crimean War. Cass was resident at Beaulieu Lodge, Winchmore Hill, Edmonton, and later Little Grove, East Barnet. Cass died on 17 May 1861 and was buried at Tottenham. A funerary hatchment to his memory exists in St Mary the Virgin church, East Barnet. The Cass