185 Duane Street

Tribeca | built 1854

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

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1854
Ralph P. Bush builds the six-story store and loft at 185 Duane Street
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Ralph P. Bush had this six-story building erected in 1852-54, on a lot between Staple and Greenwich streets. The architect is unknown. Its cast-iron storefront framing carries decorative cartouches, two of them reading "185", and hardware at the window openings shows the windows once had cast-iron shutters.
“This structure was built in 1852-54 for Ralph P. Bush.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1940
Egg dealers and an egg-case maker occupy 185 Duane Street in the 1940s
In the 1940s the building held Margo Farms, butter and egg wholesalers, and Leo Hoffner, a maker of egg cases. By the time of the district report the ground floor was commercial and the upper floors residential.
“In the 1940s the building contained Margo Farms, butter and eggs wholesalers, and Leo Hoffner, manufacturer of egg cases.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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