25 East 4th Street

NoHo | built 1900

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The lot about 1940
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About 1985. Via 80s.nyc

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

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  1. 1890

    An earlier building at 25 East 4th Street houses the New York Labor Lyceum, a Socialist headquarters

    Before the present loft, a three-story brick building stood on this site. Around 1890 it was home to the New York Labor Lyceum, which seems to have served as local headquarters of the Socialist Labor Party. Rallies and meetings took place in its small lecture hall, and papers including Der Sozialist and the Workmen's Advocate were printed there. The building was torn down in 1898 to make way for the current one.

    “No. 25 East 4th Street was the location of the New York Labor Lyceum, which appeared to have served as the local headquarters for the Socialists' Labor Party.”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  2. 1900

    Architect Frederick B. Cole builds an eight-story loft at 25 East 4th Street for his wife Hannah

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    Between 1898 and 1900 the architect F. B. Cole designed and built this eight-story Classical Revival loft for his wife, Hannah S. Cole. It has a rusticated limestone base, grouped windows between cast-iron columns, and arched windows with keystones on the top floor. A three-story brick building on the site had been demolished in 1898 to make way for it.

    “…designed by architect F. B. Cole and built between 1898-1900 for his wife Hannah S. Cole…”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  3. 1935

    Garment makers, a machinist and chemical firms rent lofts at 25 East 4th Street in the 1930s

    From roughly the 1920s to the 1950s the building held mostly garment and hat-and-cap manufacturers. Long-term tenants from other trades included the machinist O. I. Judelsohn from about 1935 to 1950, Gulf Chemical Co. and Power Master Drives, both from about 1939 to 1950. By the late 1950s stationery, paper, twine and packaging firms were sharing space with the remaining cap and hat makers.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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