128 Thompson Street

also 130 Thompson Street | SoHo | built 1904

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

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1904
Pasquale Lauria, Giuseppe Genovese and Pancrazio Grassi commission a six-story tenement at 128 Thompson
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In 1904 three owners, Pasquale Lauria, Giuseppe Genovese and Pancrazio Grassi, had Horenburger & Straub design this six-story new-law tenement of red brick with stone trim. Cast-iron piers flank the residential entrances, and an elaborately scrolled iron fire escape runs up the facade. The southernmost storefront looks largely intact today.
“…designed by Horenburger & Straub for Pasquale Lauria, Giuseppe Genovese, and Pancrazio Grassi in 1904…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1904
Horenburger & Straub, the German-born architects of 128 Thompson, partner from 1892 to 1906
Herman Horenburger, born in Germany, and Charles M. Straub, born in Bavaria, were partners from 1892 to 1906 in a firm known for many tenement and loft designs. One of their works is 128 Thompson, designed in 1904. After the partnership ended, Straub kept his own office through 1929.
“From 1892 to 1906 he partnered with Charles M. Straub in a firm known for its many tenement and loft designs.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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