193 Front Street Building
193 Front Street | also 89 South Street | Financial District | built 1980
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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.
- 1793
An earlier double store on this lot and No. 191 is leased to the merchant Garrett Westful
Nos. 191 and 193 Front Street began as one double-width store, put up at some point before 1793. In that year the property was assessed and leased to a merchant named Garrett Westful, who was still there in 1794 and 1795. The landmark designation adds that both halves have been remodeled since and now look quite different.
“…we know that it was prior to 1793, for in that year it was assessed ... and leased to Garrett Westful, a merchant who was there in 1794 and 95…”
- 1804
The merchants Minturn & Champlin use an earlier double store here, at 191-193 Front Street
Nos. 191 and 193 began as a single double-width store, and the landmark designation says the firm of Minturn and Champlin, described as leading merchants, occupied it off and on from 1804 to 1816. The same record notes that the firm commissioned the ship North America from the well-known New York shipbuilder Christian Bergh.
- 1877
Thomas M. Moore has the building raised and refaced in the Neo-Grec style
A view of Brooklyn from about 1847 already shows this building at five stories, with an oversized top floor. In 1877 Rogers and Brown added height and a new front for Thomas M. Moore, at an estimated cost of $3,000. The result is the facade seen today, with incised stone lintels, a cast-iron storefront and a two-tiered top window under an arched pediment.
- 1968
The Landmarks Preservation Commission designates the 193 Front Street Building a city landmark
After a public hearing on October 19, 1965, the commission designated the building on October 29, 1968. It called the warehouse an interesting example of its type, pointing to the unusually high top floor and the handsome cast-iron storefront added in the Neo-Grec alterations.
“…the 193 Front Street Building is an interesting example of a warehouse with an unusually high top floor…”
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