Middendorf & Rohrs Building

1 Little West 12th Street | also 2 9th Avenue | West Village | built 1913

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Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

1. 1887

   Peter J. Zabriskie designs an angled-corner store-and-loft building for James C. Cooper

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   The three-story brick building went up in 1887 to the plans of Peter J. Zabriskie for James C. Cooper, who had owned the lot since 1853. Its projected cost was $8,700. The corner is cut at an angle to fit where Little West 12th Street meets Gansevoort Street, and the building carried a second address, 33 Gansevoort Street.

   Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

2. 1897

   Henry Middendorf and Herman Rohrs form a wholesale grocery partnership that fills the building for decades

   German immigrants Henry Middendorf and Herman Rohrs formed their partnership in 1897 and ran it from this corner, with Rohrs's brothers Peter and John joining by the turn of the century. Herman Rohrs complained to a wholesale grocers' meeting that department stores selling food would soon be advertising free coffins to draw flour buyers. The firm stayed until 1964, and its painted sign is still legible on the brick.

   Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

3. 1998

   August

   The Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center moves into the building as a temporary tenant

   In August 1998 the building found an unexpected tenant when the Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center moved in as a temporary tenant. The center planned to stay about two years while it renovated its permanent home at 208 West 13th Street. At the time it offered more than 300 programs, from career help to arts and health services, and drew over 5,000 people a week.

   Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

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