Marvin Safe Company Building

140 Thompson Street | also 468 West Broadway | SoHo | built 1886

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

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1885
W. B. Marvin builds a six-story Romanesque Revival loft building through the block to Thompson Street
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Oscar S. Teale designed this brick building for W. B. Marvin, built in 1885-86 and running from West Broadway through to Thompson Street. Its broad multi-story arches and corbelled cornice are typical of Romanesque Revival industrial architecture. The first occupant listed by the city's landmarks report is the Marvin Safe Co., which was in the building from 1885 until 1899.
“…designed by architect Oscar S. Teale and built in 1885-86 for owner W.B. Marvin…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1979
Mama Siltka's cabaret occupies the building in 1979, between its box-making decades and later boutiques
For decades 468-472 West Broadway housed small manufacturers, among them importers of Mouquin's Vermouth (1927), paper-box makers in the 1930s and 1940s, and a mounting and finishing firm (1967). By 1979 the building was home to Mama Siltka's, a cabaret. The landmarks report notes that the building later saw night clubs, loft apartments and boutiques, including a shoe salon in 2005.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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