137 Sullivan 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
Two copper works buildings give way to a new tenement at 137 Sullivan Street
In 1904 Isaac Grossman and Charles Michael, officers of the Peto Realty Company, had a six-story tenement with stores built at 137-139 Sullivan Street. The land had held two smaller masonry buildings belonging to a copper works complex, and these were replaced. The architects were Horenburger & Straub, who built the neighboring number 135 at the same time.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1904
The facade at 137 Sullivan Street matches its twin at number 135
Horenburger & Straub gave 137 Sullivan Street a facade of red brick, white brick, terra cotta and stone, in the Renaissance Revival manner. Alternating red and white brick courses, buff brick quoins and broken scroll pediments over the outer windows decorate it. The firm built number 135 next door at the same moment with an identical front, so the two read as a pair.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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