Banqueting House, Whitehall Banqueting House, Whitehall The Banqueting House, Whitehall, is the grandest and best known survivor of the architectural genre of banqueting house and the only remaining component of the Palace of Whitehall. The building is important in the history of English architecture as the first structure to be completed in the neo-classical style, which was to transform English architecture. Begun in 1619 and designed by Inigo Jones in a style influenced by Andrea Palladio, the Banqueting House was completed in 1622 at a cost of £15,618, 27 years before King Charles I of England was beheaded on a scaffold in front
Whitehall Building two buildings is according to a 1910 engineering record. Both were contracted by the George A. Fuller company. The pair of buildings was designated a landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission on February 8, 2000. From 1908 to the early 90's the complex housed the Whitehall club on its top floors. This lunch club was the premier maritime club in New York city during that era and hosted all the world's most famous shipping figures such as Onassis, Niarchos, Malcolm McLean and Ludwig. Whitehall Building The Whitehall Building is a 20-story skyscraper located at 17 Battery Place,