11 Jay Street

Tribeca | built 1893

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1893
The LeConte estate builds a five-story cold-storage loft on Jay Street
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In 1893 Helen LeConte, acting for the trustees of the estate of John L. LeConte, had a five-story, 25-foot-wide store and loft building raised at 11 Jay Street. Alfred Zucker's architectural firm designed it, with John Edelman as chief designer at the time. A smaller brick building previously stood on the lot.
“…constructed in 1893 for Helen Leconte representing the trustees of the estate of John L. LeConte. This building replaced a smaller brick structure on this lot…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1894
The Enterprise Cold Storage Company leases 11 Jay Street
The building was fitted with cold storage facilities when it went up, and in 1894 the Enterprise Cold Storage Company took a lease on it. The Landmarks Commission names this company as an early tenant.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1950
Egg merchant Samuel Meierfeld occupies 11 Jay Street in the mid-twentieth century
In the middle of the twentieth century the building was occupied by an egg merchant, Samuel Meierfeld. The Landmarks Commission notes that by the time of its district report the building was in residential use.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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