153 Chambers Street

Tribeca | built 1920

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  1. 1847

    A two-story brick dwelling at 153 Chambers Street is offered for sale, later becoming a boarding house

    Before the marble-faced loft, an earlier brick house stood at 153 Chambers Street. It was offered for sale in 1847 and had once been the home of Edwin Clark, a hardware dealer. During the 1850s landlady Ann Stewart ran it as a respectable boarding house. This was an earlier building on the site.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  2. 1866

    Two identical marble-faced loft buildings replace the old houses at 153 and 155 Chambers Street

    Around 1866 the house at 153 Chambers Street and its neighbor at 155 were replaced by a matched pair of five-story marble-faced store and loft buildings. The ground floors had cast iron storefronts, and the upper-floor windows were elliptically arched with molded sills and lintels. Early tenants included a wine and liquor importer and a hoop skirt maker.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  3. 1882

    December

    U. H. Dudley & Co., a canned-goods broker at 153 Chambers Street, collapses after a freight-rebate dispute

    U. H. Dudley & Co. moved into the building in 1867 and by 1875 had branches in four other cities and sales of $2.5 million a year. An 1879 deal with the Central Pacific Railroad promised a 25 percent freight rebate, but the railroad refused to pay the rebate due in 1880, and the firm's agents had overbought by late 1881. News of its failure in December 1882 surprised the trade.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  4. 1887

    December 28

    A fire at 153 Chambers Street lands a bystander in jail for threatening a policeman with an umbrella

    Fire broke out at 153 Chambers Street on the night of December 28, 1887. Thomas Fay, who worked at a willow ware firm at No. 141, tried to cross the fire line to check on his employer's shop and was ordered back by Officer McDermott. When Fay said he would answer a club with his umbrella, he was jailed until his employer bailed him out. The blaze badly damaged a cigar store on the ground floor.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  5. 1930

    May 17

    Prohibition agents raid the Silver Fox Tavern at 153 Chambers Street

    Around 1929 a hardware store on the ground floor became the Silver Fox Tavern, even though Prohibition was still the law. At 2:00 p.m. on May 17, 1930, federal agents entered and seized 40 quarters of liquor, according to the Daily News. They arrested three employees but left the patrons alone. After repeal the space became the Mullins Bar and Grill.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

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