114 Chambers Street

Tribeca | built 1900

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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1857
Stockbroker Henry Olcott, a former resident, turns 114 Chambers Street into a store and loft building
Henry W. Olcott leased the lot from Trinity Church from 1835 and lived at 114 Chambers Street until 1841, then rented it out as an investment. Around 1857 he enlarged or rebuilt it as a four-story Italianate store and loft building. Trinity sold it in 1930, and in the 1940s and 1950s it belonged to real estate broker Charles F. Noyes. Tenants over the years included hardware, cutlery, seed and sporting goods firms.
“Henry W. Olcott, a stockbroker who had been leasing the property from Trinity Church since 1835…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
2019
A faded 'Craig's Shoes' sign reappears on 114 Chambers Street, a reminder of Tribeca's shoe district
In 2019 an old 'Craig's Shoes' sign came back into view on the wall of 114 Chambers Street. It points to the area's past as a shoe district: the 1939 WPA Guide used the nickname 'shoe-jobbing district' for the pocket around Duane Street, and several shoe manufacturers had factories there by the 1920s.
Source: Ephemeral New York

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