172 Prince Street

115 Thompson Street | also 176 Prince Street, 174 Prince Street, 172 Prince Street | SoHo | built 1903

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

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1833
A church built in 1833 stands where the Prince and Thompson corner tenement now is
Before the current tenement went up, a church built in 1833 occupied this corner site. Its congregations came in turn: the Second Associate Presbyterian Church first, the Church of the Annunciation next, and St. Ambrose Church last. A new tenement replaced it in 1903.
“…the site contained a church, built in 1833, which was home to the Second Associate Presbyterian Church…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1903
Bernstein & Bernstein design a six-story corner tenement at Prince and Thompson for Charles Friedman
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In 1903 Charles Friedman had Bernstein & Bernstein design a six-story new-law tenement on the corner of Prince and Thompson Streets. The main facade faces Prince Street and is Renaissance Revival, with pedimented lintels on decorative brackets and festooned terra-cotta entablatures. Cast-iron piers wrapped in foliate festoons still frame the residential entrance.
“…constructed for Charles Friedman in 1903 and designed by Bernstein & Bernstein…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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