18 Leonard Street

also 14 Leonard Street | Tribeca | built 1915

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1881
Helen Juilliard has three identical seven-story loft buildings built at 14, 16 and 18 Leonard Street
In 1881 Helen C. Juilliard, likely tied to Augustus D. Juilliard's dry-goods firm, had architect J. Morgan Slade design three matching store and loft buildings, replacing a frame dwelling and older masonry buildings. H.B. Claflin & Company, the largest wholesale dry-goods house in the country, was at one time an occupant. At number 14, the Juilliard family kept ownership for many years, and tenants included James H. Dunham & Company, successor to Amos R. Eno's firm of 1831.
“…erected in 1881 as the westernmost of three adjacent, identical buildings for Helen C. Juilliard, who was probably connected to the dry-goods firm of Augustus D. Juilliard…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1881
Slade gives the Leonard Street trio plain facades with cast-iron piers and patterned brick cornices
J. Morgan Slade, who designed many buildings in this district, kept the facades simple. Each has a ground story with stone-trimmed end piers and cast-iron piers between them, and a plain brick upper section with projecting stone sills and an unusually patterned brick cornice. Some of the original wooden sash windows survive.
“…a brick upper section, which is unadorned except for its projecting stone sills, remaining shutter hinges, and unusually patterned brick cornice…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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