16 Jay Street

also 18 Jay Street | Tribeca | built 1907

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1853
A building goes up for Israel Cook at 333 Greenwich Street, now part of this lot
The lot of 16-18 Jay Street includes 333 Greenwich Street, where a building was erected for Israel Cook in 1853-54. The Landmarks Commission says it began as a masonry dwelling over a commercial ground floor, was later enlarged to six stories, and served as a hotel. It was altered for commercial use in 1869 and later housed the Thomas R. Harris cracker bakery.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1907
Builder Hugh Getty puts up a six-story warehouse at 16-18 Jay Street
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In 1907 builder Hugh Getty had a six-story warehouse built on Jay Street to designs by Franklin Baylies, formerly of the firm Berger & Baylies. It stands on an L-shaped lot that also reaches 333 Greenwich Street. The site had held a three-story brick smokehouse, and the new building was used to store butter and eggs and for light manufacturing.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1959
The upper floors of 333 Greenwich Street are torn down to make a loading dock
In 1959 the upper stories of the earlier five-story building at 333 Greenwich Street, then used for storage, were demolished. Part of the ground floor stayed as a deep loading platform. Around then the property was merged with the lot at 16-18 Jay Street, and the platform's brick sidewalls and wood roof remain.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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