140 Sullivan Street

SoHo | built 1900

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

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1891
Artists' materials maker Ernest Friedrichs has a six-story loft built at 140 Sullivan Street
In 1891 Ernest H. Friedrichs had a six-story loft built at 140 Sullivan Street, and a four-story building was put up behind it on the same lot. When Friedrichs died in 1894 he was described as a manufacturer of artists' materials.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1891
Louis Heinecke gives 140 Sullivan Street wooden mullions and an arcaded top floor
Louis F. Heinecke designed the loft in the Renaissance Revival style. Its facade has imbricated wooden mullions topped with stylized capitals and an arcaded sixth story with terra-cotta ornament. Cast-iron piers still stand at both ends of the first story, though the rest of the ground floor has been entirely replaced.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1910
The loft at 140 Sullivan Street becomes a movie theater
In 1910 the building was altered and converted into a movie theater. Before that, its third floor had been rented to the Rest Fenner Smith Company, which made canes and umbrellas. The Landmarks Preservation Commission notes that its first story has since been entirely replaced, with historic cast-iron piers surviving at either end.
“The building was converted to a movie theater in 1910.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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