178 Duane Street
Tribeca | built 1869
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
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- 1798
A Methodist Episcopal church is built in the late 1790s where 178 Duane Street will stand
A masonry Methodist Episcopal church built in the late 1790s once occupied the site, stretching from 178 to 182 Duane Street. American Methodism had been organized in 1773, and by 1817 New York had five such churches, one of them on Duane Street. It was an earlier building on the site, replaced by the present row.
“…built on the site of the Methodist Episcopal Church, a masonry building constructed in the late 1790s which extended from 178 to 182 Duane Street.”
- 1869
The Lorillard trustees build 178 Duane Street as a twin of 176 next door
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John B. Snook designed 178 Duane Street in 1868-69 for the trustees of Jacob Lorillard, one of a run of near-identical neo-Grec stores that also included 176, 180 and 182. Each is five stories with three window bays and brick quoins. The Lorillards had made their money in snuff and tobacco and bought up much real estate by the mid-1800s.
“This structure was built in 1868-69 on the same New Building Application as 176 Duane Street... all designed by prolific architect John B. Snook…”
- 1944
The New York Egg Auction buys 178 Duane Street in 1944
In 1944 the New York Egg Auction purchased the building at 178 Duane Street. The firm was still the occupant when the Landmarks Commission wrote its Tribeca West Historic District report.
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