Chrysler Building Commissioned by Walter P. Chrysler

The Chrysler Building at 405 Lexington Avenue was commissioned and financed by automobile industrialist Walter P. Chrysler and completed in 1930 as an Art Deco skyscraper associated with his company. The building briefly held the title of the world's tallest building and is widely documented in architectural histories. Its construction and association with Walter P. Chrysler are well established in contemporary records and later scholarship.