25 Howard Street
SoHo | built 1810
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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.
- 1802
The Sands estate lot at 25 Howard Street passes to Elizabeth Davidson, who owns a house on it by 1810
In 1802 the surviving relatives of Joseph Sands divided his property by deed, and the lot now numbered 25 Howard Street went to Elizabeth Davidson. Tax records show a house on it, owned by Davidson, by 1810. The house changed hands many times in the 1830s and may have been remodeled in the Greek Revival style then.
“In 1802, the property of the deceased Joseph Sands was partitioned by deed by his survivors, and this lot was given to Elizabeth Davidson.”
- 1860
A publisher is at 25 Howard Street by 1860, followed by box makers, hosiery dealers and a tailor
By 1860 a publishing company occupied the former house at 25 Howard Street. A paper box maker followed in 1878 and a wholesale hosiery, notions and suspenders dealer in 1887. A tailor stayed from 1892 to 1901, and the Star Sample Card Co. was there in 1906.
- 1990
Art galleries and performance spaces take over 25 Howard Street around 1990
Beginning around 1990, art galleries and performance spaces moved into 25 Howard Street. Before that the building held the Marks Woodworking Machinery Co. from 1943 to 1956 and a safe and office machinery repair shop in 1961. That year owner Frank Pasquale had its fourth and fifth stories removed.
“…art galleries and performance spaces beginning around 1990…”
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