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On the sign:
LANDMARKS OF NEW YORK CARTIER BUILDING
DESIGNED BY ROBERT W. GIBSON AS THE RESIDENCE OF MORTON F. PLANT. THIS BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1904. MESSRS. CARTIER ACQUIRED IT IN 1917 AND AFTER MODIFICATION BY WILLIAM WELLES BOSWORTH, IT WAS OCCUPIED BY THE FIRM OF CARTIER, FOUNDED IN PARIS IN 1847. PLAQUE ERECTED 1962 BY THE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST