105 Franklin Street

Tribeca | built 1867

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1. 1854

   June 28

   The city sets up a cholera hospital in a converted stable on the site of 105 Franklin Street

   During the cholera epidemic of the 1850s the city converted a stable on Franklin Street into a hospital. The New-York Daily Tribune reported on June 28, 1854 that Acting Mayor N. C. Ely, chairman of the Health Commissioners, had written that a hospital for cholera patients was being set up at No. 105 and needed twenty bedsteads and bedding. After the crisis the stable returned to its former use until merchant Charles Denison bought it in 1864. This was an earlier building on the site.

   Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

2. 1867

   Alexander G. Cutler designs a marble-faced Second Empire loft for merchant Charles Denison

   Built in 1867 for the merchant Charles Denison to a design by Alexander G. Cutler, 105 Franklin Street is a five-story store and loft building about 35 feet wide. Its marble facade has four bays of segmentally arched windows per story. It replaced a structure used for hazardous purposes, and the shirt makers Isaac Rosenstein & Co. were tenants soon after completion.

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

3. 1890

   May 6

   Two Engine 27 firemen are dismissed after trying to steal shawls at a fire in the building

   A small fire broke out on May 6, 1890 in the knitwear factory of H. Crine, run by Hannah Crine and her husband, at 105 Franklin Street. Two Engine 27 firemen, John L. Cleary and George J. Maguire, were charged with trying to take worsted shawls during the blaze, and The Evening World reported on May 17 that both had been dismissed. Shop owners of the period often complained of goods vanishing amid the confusion at fires.

   Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

4. 1907

   Marine hardware dealer Montgomery & Co. bids on Navy anchors from a dry goods loft

   By 1907 Montgomery & Co., a marine hardware supplier, was a tenant at 105 Franklin Street, an unusual one in a building otherwise full of dry goods firms. The United States Navy was among its main customers, and that year it bid to supply sheet rubber and boat anchors. In May 1913 it advertised pulleys, hangers, gears and sprockets in small sizes for models to the general readers of Popular Mechanics.

   Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

Further reading

• The 1867 Marble-Faced 105 Franklin StreetDaytonian in Manhattan

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