194 Lafayette Street

also 422 Broome Street, 418 Broome Street, 420 Broome Street | SoHo | built 2015

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1893
John T. Williams builds a seven-story loft at Broome and Lafayette Streets, then sells it to the Astor trustees
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John T. Williams is listed as owner, architect and builder of this Renaissance Revival loft at 416-422 Broome Street, also numbered 194-202 Lafayette Street, built in 1893-94. Soon after it was finished he sold it to the Trustees of John Jacob Astor, who held it until 1943. The city's landmark report calls the building well maintained and remarkably intact.
“…constructed in 1893-94 for John T. Williams, who was also listed in Department of Building records as its architect and builder…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1902
Fairbanks Scales occupies the Broome and Lafayette Street loft from 1902 to 1920
Tenants of 416-422 Broome Street included the National Wall Paper Co. in 1896, the Knickerbocker Telephone Co. in 1900 and the Fairbanks Scales Co., listed from 1902 to 1920. Later came a woodcrafts firm (1932), a screw-machine maker (1962) and, by 2006, a bank branch.
“…the Fairbanks Scales Co. (1902-20); the Woodcrafts Equipment Co. (1932)…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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