182 Lafayette Street

SoHo | built 1891

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

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1891
Thom & Wilson design a six-story Queen Anne store and loft at 182 Lafayette Street
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John R. Anderson built this store and loft building in 1890-91 to plans by Thom & Wilson. Its second story has round arches, and a two-story arch frames the center of the third and fourth stories. The first story and roofline have since been altered. Early tenants were the Broadway Necktie Co. and the A. & B. Ornament Co. in 1911 and the Colonial Cigar Co. in 1923.
“…designed by the architectural firm Thom & Wilson and built in 1890-91 for John R. Anderson…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1998
The SoHo Children's Museum of the Arts occupies 182 Lafayette Street from 1998
The landmark report lists the SoHo Children's Museum of the Arts as a tenant here from 1998. The listing fits the area's late twentieth-century turn toward museums and galleries, after a century of factory and warehouse use. The report notes the building remains in commercial use.
“…the SoHo Children’s Museum of the Arts since 1998…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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