124 Chambers Street
Tribeca | built 1890
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- 1889
William Hodsdon replaces an older brick building with a six-story store and loft designed by Bloodgood & Bloodgood
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Merchant and real estate operator William Hodsdon, who lived in Brooklyn, bought an earlier brick building at 124 Chambers Street in 1887. In 1889-90 he had it replaced by a six-story Renaissance Revival building of brick and sandstone, designed by the firm F. & W.E. Bloodgood. He leased space to Mason & Parker, hardware and cutlery wholesalers, and J.B. Tatem & Sons, a handle manufacturer.
“…constructed in 1889-90 for local merchant and real estate operator William Hodsdon to replace an earlier brick building acquired by Hodsdon in 1887.”
- 1910
Max Auster's Standard Cafeteria occupies the ground floor of 124 Chambers Street for three decades
From about 1910 to 1940 the ground floor was home to the Standard Cafeteria, an early chain of cafeterias that restaurateur Max Auster founded at this address. The Chambers Street branch was sold in 1940, but Auster went on running other Standard locations until his death in 1953. Lunchrooms like this served workers from the big office buildings going up around Broadway and City Hall.
- 1910
Attorney Newbold Edgar and Daniel Edgar buy 124 Chambers Street from Hodsdon
In 1910 Newbold and Daniel Edgar bought the building from William Hodsdon. Newbold Edgar, who lived from about 1863 to 1924, was an attorney and served as a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy during World War I. The Edgars leased the ground story to the Standard Cafeteria.
“Newbold Edgar (c.1863-1924) was a member of the prominent Edgar family of New York…”
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