183 Duane Street

Tribeca | built 1865

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

Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

1865
A broker builds 183 Duane Street and later partners with his neighbor at 181
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Remsen Appleby, listed as a broker, put up this five-story store and loft building in 1864-65 on the site of a frame dwelling. The architect is unknown. According to the Landmarks Preservation Commission, Appleby later went into business with Mary E. Rowley, owner of the adjoining building at 181 Duane Street.
“This structure was built in 1864-65 for Remsen Appleby, listed as a broker, who later joined in a partnership with Mary E. Rowley…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1885
Liquor dealers Fisher & Heinrichs occupy 183 Duane Street and its neighbor
By 1885 the firm of Fisher & Heinrichs, liquor dealers, was working out of 183 Duane Street and also the adjoining building at 181. In the 1940s the space turned over to the egg and butter trade, with Morton & Isidore Hyman and Badian Brothers among the wholesalers listed in the district report. The building is now residential.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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