10 Harrison Street

Tribeca | built 1889

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1889
Produce merchant W. H. B. Totten builds a six-story twin of his 12 Harrison Street warehouse
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In 1889 W. H. B. Totten, a produce merchant with several business addresses around Tribeca, had architect Thomas R. Jackson repeat the design of 12 Harrison Street, which Jackson had drawn for him in 1885. The new building replaced two small brick buildings that had stood on these lots since the middle of the century. Totten was active in the Mercantile Exchange and sat on the building committee for its headquarters at 2-6 Harrison Street.
“Built in 1889, to the designs of architect Thomas R. Jackson, this building duplicated 12 Harrison Street which Jackson had designed in 1885 for the same client…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1915
Butter and cheese distributors D. W. Whitmore & Co. buy 10 Harrison Street
Totten sold the building in 1892 to butter merchant Shepard Rowland. D. W. Whitmore & Co., a butter and cheese distributor, bought it in 1915 and kept it until 1938. Butter, cheese and egg distributors continued to use it, and in 1964 the Columbia Cheese Corporation acquired it.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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