185 Franklin Street

Tribeca | built 1892

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.

1892
Wool and carpet merchant Jeremiah W. Dimick has 185 Franklin Street built as a factory
Matthew A. Ryan designed this six-story, 20-foot-wide building in 1891-92 for Jeremiah W. Dimick, a prominent wool and carpet merchant. Ryan's firm, M. A. Ryan & Brothers, did the construction. The site had previously held a frame building that included a masonry section at the rear.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1894
A rear addition in 1894-95 helps 185 Franklin Street find tenants after sitting vacant
The building was meant to be a factory but stood empty for a few years. In 1894-95 it received a rear addition so it could be rented for general business use. By the mid-twentieth century several dairy companies were tenants, and it has since been converted to apartments with a lobby on the ground floor.
“Originally intended to be used as a factory, the building remained vacant for a few years and in 1894-95 received a rear addition…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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