122 Hudson Street

also 43 North Moore Street | Tribeca | built 1898

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Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

1. 1897

   Liquor merchant Joseph H. Bearns puts his initial on the capitals of 122 Hudson Street

   Joseph H. Bearns, a liquor merchant, commissioned this six-story loft in 1897 on the corner of North Moore Street, and the letter B decorates the capitals of its pilasters. It replaced three small masonry buildings. Architect Julius Kastner also designed Bearns's business building at 10 Hubert Street and the adjacent loft at 41 North Moore Street, added in 1903.

   “…commissioned in 1897 by liquor merchant Joseph H. Bearns, whose initial "B" adorns the pilaster capitals on the facade…”

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

2. 1898

   Julius Kastner's 122 Hudson Street combines a four-story arcade with Renaissance ornament

   Kastner's design pairs Renaissance-inspired ornament with the round-arched, four-story arcade and the strong grid of spandrels and pilasters common to commercial buildings of the previous decade. The two yellow iron-spot brick facades have stone and terra-cotta trim, and the molded arches and arcaded attic are crowned by a sheet-metal cornice with a swag design.

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

3. 1919

   The Pacific Bank moves into 122 Hudson Street's ground story, and its entrance is widened in 1919

   The Pacific Bank took the ground floor and basement in 1918, and a year later the Hudson Street doorway was made wider and electric lighting was wired in. The Herman Metz Company, dealers in dyestuffs, probably occupied the building until about 1940. The same firm later took 41 and 39 North Moore Street as well.

   “In 1918 the Pacific Bank occupied the first story and basement of the building which was altered the next year…”

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

4. 1958

   The S. A. Bendheim Company acquires 122 Hudson Street in 1958

   The Wisner Manufacturing Company owned and used the building in the 1940s, and its sign for dairy equipment and supplies is still on the north side. The S. A. Bendheim Company bought the building in 1958, and that firm's sign survives on the North Moore Street signband.

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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