254–260 Canal Street, also known as the Bruce Building, is a building on the corner of Lafayette Street in the Chinatown neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, United States.
The cast-iron elements of the facade may have been provided by James Bogardus, a pioneer in the use of cast iron in architecture.
The lot had become available because a lumber mill standing on the site had recently been destroyed by fire, making fire-retardant cast-iron construction attractive.
The mildly Italianate style of the building, makes it a particularly handsome example of nineteenth century industrial architecture.
"[4] The building was designated a New York City landmark in 1985, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.