115 Crosby Street
also 290 Lafayette Street, 284 Lafayette Street, 280 Lafayette Street | SoHo | 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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- 1892
Hawley & Hoops build a six-story factory at Lafayette and Jersey Streets that long serves as a paper warehouse
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The original part of this through-block factory, at the corner of Jersey and what was then Elm Street, went up in 1891-92 for Hawley & Hoops, designed by John R. Thomas in the neo-Grec style. For decades after its completion, until the late 1960s, it was a paper warehouse. Tenants after that included the Kimcherova Gallery in 1990 and, in 1999, 280 Modern, a home furnishings shop.
“…built in 1891-92 for owners Hawley & Hoops ... The building was occupied from the completion of its original section in 1892 until the late 1960s as a paper warehouse…”
- 1899
Widening of Elm Street shrinks the Hawley & Hoops factory and adds a southern extension
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When Elm Street (today's Lafayette Street) was widened in 1898-99, the factory at Jersey Street was cut back in width and given a rebuilt Lafayette Street facade. The same architect and owners also extended it to the south, creating the 278-282 Lafayette Street section.
“In 1898-99, during the widening of Elm Street, the building was reduced in width and the Lafayette Street facade was rebuilt and the building was extended to the south…”
- 1905
Charles E. Reid builds a six-story warehouse at 115-119 Crosby Street over three older buildings
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In 1904-05 architect Charles E. Reid designed the six-story brick warehouse at 115-119 Crosby Street for Hawley & Hoops, replacing three nineteenth-century brick buildings. It was joined to the neighboring Lafayette Street building early on and shared its use as a paper warehouse for decades. Later occupants included the Kimcherova Gallery in 1990 and Rabun & Claiborne, antiques dealers, in 1999.
- 1918
A fire destroys much of the factory at Jersey Street, and its Jersey Street facade collapses
In 1918 a fire destroyed much of the six-story factory at the southwest corner of Jersey and Lafayette Streets, and its Jersey Street facade fell. Architect Lorenz F.J. Weiner then restored the building close to its original appearance. It went on serving as a paper warehouse for roughly another fifty years.
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