15 Greene Street

also 17 Greene Street | SoHo | built 1895

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

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1895
July 25
The Presbytery of New York gets a six-story warehouse at 15-17 Greene Street
Work on the warehouse at 15-17 Greene Street started on September 5, 1894 and ended on July 25, 1895. Samuel A. Warner was the architect, Samuel McGuire the carpenter, and Richard Dervas & Son the masons. The owner of record was the Presbytery of New York, with Warren Van Norden acting as its treasurer. The six-bay iron front was supplied by the Cornell Iron Works.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1895
A full cast-iron facade goes up at 15-17 Greene Street long after the style had faded
Complete cast-iron fronts mostly stopped appearing in SoHo around 1890, and the district report treats the 1894-95 building at 15-17 Greene Street as the exception. The report blames taller steel-frame construction, which was hard to clad in iron, along with doubts about how well cast iron resisted fire, and the arrival of cheaper terra-cotta ornament.
“…the 1894-95 building at 15-17 Greene Street, the last complete cast-iron facades erected within the area were begun in the year 1890…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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