118 Sullivan Street
SoHo | built 1971
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.
- 1836
A Federal row house is built for a Widow Moore at 118 Sullivan Street in 1835-36
The lot at 118 Sullivan Street was first built on between 1835 and 1836, when a Federal-style row house went up for a widow named Moore. The report traces its later life as a fire station, a clubhouse, a stable and a cooperage, before an apartment house took its place in 1971.
“…originally built for Widow Moore between 1835-36 as a Federal row house, was substantially altered as a fire station…”
- 1849
Warren Hose Company No. 33 turns the row house at 118 Sullivan Street into a firehouse
From about 1849 to 1865 the building housed Warren Hose Company No. 33, a fire company, after substantial alterations to convert the old row house into a station. The landmarks report lists the firehouse as one of several uses the building had before the present apartment house. A stable with wagon storage followed it, from around 1885 to about 1924.
“…substantially altered as a fire station for Warren Hose Company No. 33 (c. 1849-1865), a stable with wagon storage (c. 1885-c. 1924)…”
- 1866
The Caledonian Club uses 118 Sullivan Street as its clubhouse from 1866 to 1879
After the fire company left, 118 Sullivan Street became the clubhouse of the Caledonian Club, which occupied it for 13 years, from 1866 until 1879. The Landmarks Preservation Commission records this among the building's varied uses but gives no further detail about the club's activities here. Other tenants included a stable and, later, a cooperage.
- 1971
A 1971 rebuild turns 118 Sullivan Street from a cooperage into an apartment house
In the middle of the twentieth century, from about 1951 to 1971, the building at 118 Sullivan Street was a cooperage, barrel store and maker of wood products. In 1971 architect Carl B. Kaiserman redesigned it as a four-story apartment building for Maria Concotta Colombo. The district report lists the result as non-contributing.
“…designed by Carl Kaiserman and built in 1971 ... cooperage, barrel storage facility, and manufactory of wood products (c. 1951-c. 1971)…”
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