23 Leonard Street

Tribeca | built 1877

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

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1877
Stock Exchange governor Walter B. Lawrence puts up the westernmost of three matching lofts at 23 Leonard Street
Walter B. Lawrence, a socially prominent member of the New York Stock Exchange's Board of Governors who lived from 1834 to 1912, had this six-story store and loft built in 1876-77. It replaced a frame dwelling that had been converted to commercial use, and two identical buildings rose beside it under the same permit. Tenants included woodenware merchant Adolph Hauptmann and, later, the food importers John Alban & Company and Ambrosia Food Products.
“…erected in 1876-77 for Walter B. Lawrence (1834-1912), a socially prominent member of the Board of Governors of the New York Stock Exchange…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1877
Architect John G. Prague, better known for residential work, designs a neo-Grec loft at 23 Leonard Street
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John G. Prague is best known for his residential work on the Upper East Side and Upper West Side of Manhattan. His neo-Grec facade for this loft has a cast-iron ground story and brick upper floors with segmentally arched windows joined by stone stringcourses, topped by a paneled brick cornice.
“Designed by prolific architect John G. Prague, who is usually associated with his residential designs on Manhattan's Upper East and West Sides…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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