The Grand Mulberry and Italian American Museum
185 Grand Street | also 155 Mulberry Street, 187 Grand Street, 151 Mulberry Street | Little Italy | built 2022
Open on the map7 entries
Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.
- 1830
A row of late Federal and early Greek Revival buildings stands at Grand and Mulberry around 1830
The National Register nomination for the Chinatown and Little Italy district dates a row of buildings at 181-189 Grand Street, on the southwest corner of Mulberry, to about 1830, in late Federal and early Greek Revival style. The corner building at 189 Grand kept a simple Doric door surround and was the former Banca Stabile, later home to the Italian American Museum. The row stood on the lot where the museum's newer building now rises.
“…a modestly elegant row of late Federal/early Greek Revival buildings at the southwest corner of Mulberry and Grand Street (181-189 Grand Street; ca. 1830)…”
Source: National Register nomination
- 1885
Francesco Stabile moves his immigrant bank to the corner of Grand and Mulberry
Francesco Stabile arrived from the province of Salerno in 1865 and started his bank in a storefront at 74 Mulberry Street. In 1885 he moved the business to a larger building at the corner of Grand and Mulberry, on the earlier building's corner lot here. Besides banking, the firm handled telegrams and mail, sold steamship tickets, helped with import-export dealings, and offered translation and notary services.
Source: Wikipedia
- 1932
New York State closes Banca Stabile during the Depression
As the banking crisis of the Great Depression deepened in 1932, New York State authorities shut down Banca Stabile, which had begun to lose its role for the community as second- and third-generation Italian Americans moved on. The bank merged with Banca Commerciale Italiana Trust Co. in 1933. The Stabile family kept a passenger ship ticketing agency in the corner building until 1965 and used it for its real estate business.
“When the banking crisis of the Great Depression got worse in 1932 the New York State government closed the bank.”
Source: Wikipedia
- 2008
The Italian American Museum buys the old Stabile bank building for over $9 million
In June 2008 the Stabile family sold the corner building to the Italian American Museum for more than $9 million, and the building became the museum's home that October. The family had left the bank's interior intact, including the vault, the tin ceiling, the marble floor, the counters, the bronze grilles and the teller cages.
“The family sold the building to the Italian American Museum in June 2008 for more than $9 million.”
Source: Wikipedia
- 2015
An 85-year-old tenant fights the Italian American Museum's effort to evict her
In March 2015 Adele Sarno, then 85, said the museum was trying to push her out of the two-bedroom apartment at 185 Grand Street where she had lived for 53 years and paid $820 a month. A city civil court and the state housing agency had both found she was not a rent-controlled tenant, and she had an appeal hearing on April 2. A museum spokesman said its expansion awaited talks with developers, and noted the buildings were not landmarked. The building has since been replaced.
Source: amny.com
- 2017
Demolition permits clear the corner for a seven-story building with a new museum
Demolition permits for the museum's earlier corner buildings were filed in December 2017, after the site sold for $14.8 million to Oved Group and Nexus Building Development Group. Morris Adjmi Architects designed a seven-story red-brick condominium building to replace them. The museum received four levels of space in the new building, rent-free in perpetuity, with a 50-seat auditorium and a gift shop.
Source: cityrealty.com
- 2024
The Italian American Museum opens in its new Mulberry Street building
The museum opened its new space on October 14, 2024, on a stretch of Mulberry Street once home to the largest Italian American community in the country. Opening exhibits included a show on the Manteo puppets of Sicilian theater in Little Italy, a tribute to garment workers titled Goodnight Maria, and an exhibit on Verrazzano's voyage to America.
Source: theticker.org
Nearby
- Van Rensselaer House149 Mulberry Street | 4 entries
- Ferrara Bakery & Cafe195 Grand Street | 3 entries
- 190 Grand Street House190 Grand Street | 5 entries
- O'Nieal's174 Grand Street | 4 entries
- 192 Grand Street House192 Grand Street | 4 entries
- 1 Centre Market Place3 entries