Van Tassell & Kearney Building
110 East 13th Street | East Village | built 1900
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
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- 1875
Architect Joseph Dunn designs the Van Tassell & Kearney horse auction mart
Architect Joseph M. Dunn files plans in 1874 for a four-story stable and auction house at 110-112 East 13th Street, completed in 1875 in the neo-Grec style. The building pairs a cast-iron base with red-orange brick trimmed in limestone and a metal cornice with shell-filled corbels.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
- 1888
Van Tassell & Kearney's horse auctions outgrow the East 13th Street building
William Van Tassell and Edward Kearney run horse and carriage auctions here every Tuesday and Friday morning, employing 40 to 50 staff. By 1888 the firm sells about 10,000 horses and as many as 15,000 vehicles a year, prompting a move to larger quarters at 130-132 East 13th Street.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
- 1898
Alfred Dolge's piano felt firm, based here since 1893, fails in 1898
Piano felt manufacturer Alfred Dolge & Son moves its offices and showrooms into the former auction building in 1893, with about 70 clerks working on site. In 1898 the firm fails after a court judgment on unpaid bank notes, a collapse that also devastates the company town of Dolgeville, New York.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
- 1928
Huyler's Luncheonettes rents the building for offices and an ice cream and candy factory
Huyler's Luncheonettes, Inc., a company formed by the Schulte retail chain after it bought the Huyler's chocolate firm, rents the building in March 1928. The space is planned for offices, a showroom, and the making of ice cream, candy, and baked goods.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
Further reading
- The 1875 Van Tassell & Kearney Building - 110-112 East 13th StreetDaytonian in Manhattan
- 110 East 13th Street, 110-112 East 13th StreetVillage Preservation: East Village Building Blocks
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