111 Chambers Street
Tribeca | built 1858
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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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- 1832
The Episcopal Church grants the lot at 111 Chambers Street to Grace Church
In 1832 Grace Church received the lot at 111 Chambers Street from the Protestant Episcopal Church in the State of New York. A brick dwelling stood on it, leased for many years to Jane Nicholls. In 1858 she subleased to Alvin Higgins, who put up the present building.
- 1857
Alvin Higgins builds 111 Chambers Street and leases it to his associate Archibald Peterson
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Carpet manufacturer Alvin Higgins built this five-story marble-fronted Italianate store and loft in 1857-58 and leased it to his business associate Archibald Peterson. The two men shared commercial space at 315 Canal Street. Peterson in turn rented it to D.B. Babcock & Co., cloak dealers, and to the shoe merchant Chester H. Davis.
“The building was constructed in 1857-58 for carpet manufacturer and wholesaler Alvin Higgins…”
- 1880
A patent-medicine firm, then belt and radio dealers, occupy 111 Chambers Street
By the 1880s the building was leased to a patent-medicine firm and to a boot and shoe company's sales representative. Later tenants included rubber-industry firms, the Lawrence Belting Co. and the XLNC Belt Preservation Co., along with Anchor Radio & Supply and the Chambers Hardware & Tool Co. By the time of the 1992 district report a stereo dealer occupied the ground floor, and the upper stories were residential.
“By the 1880s the building was being leased to a patent medicine firm and a manufacturer's representative for a boot and shoe company.”
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