141 West Broadway

Tribeca | built 1890

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The lot about 1940
About 1940. Via 1940s.nyc
The lot about 1985
About 1985. Via 80s.nyc

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

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  1. 1810

    A brick dwelling built by Richard Kidney around 1810 stood on the site of 141 West Broadway

    Before the present building, this lot held a brick dwelling that the mason Richard Kidney built about 1810. The building that replaced it went up in 1889-90. This is an earlier building on the site.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  2. 1890

    Cigar and liquor merchant Philip McDowell builds a three-story store at 141 West Broadway

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    In 1889-90 Philip McDowell, a cigar and liquor merchant, had architect Mortimer C. Merritt design this three-story neo-Grec store and loft building, with McMurray & Co. as builder. Merritt mostly designed commercial buildings, among them the Hugh O'Neill Building in the Ladies Mile district. Later tenants included Max Serota's bakery, the Triangle Shoe Co., a sign maker and the Metropolitan Barber Shop.

    “Constructed in 1889-90 for cigar and liquor merchant Philip McDowell, the building was designed by architect Mortimer C. Merritt and displays elements of the neo-Grec style.”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  3. 1890

    Carved stone animal heads of a puma, a dog and a lion top the third-story windows

    Above the third-story windows of 141 West Broadway sit carved stone animal heads that project from the facade. Running north to south, they are a puma, a dog and a lion. Before the storefront was refaced, the foundry mark Blake & Duffy, Iron Works, 517 West 25th Street could be seen on it.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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