R. C. Williams Warehouse

259 10th Avenue | also 501 West 25th Street | Chelsea | built 1928

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

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1928
Cass Gilbert designs a warehouse for the R. C. Williams grocery company
The R. C. Williams Company, a wholesale grocer, bought the Tenth Avenue site in 1926 for its new headquarters and hired architect Cass Gilbert. Built in 1927 and 1928, the ten-story, 215,000-square-foot warehouse has a concrete facade divided into bays by columns, much like Gilbert's larger Brooklyn Army Terminal. A siding on the third floor once gave freight direct access to the High Line.
Source: Wikipedia
2005
February 24
The R. C. Williams Warehouse is added to the National Register of Historic Places
The Cass Gilbert building was designated on the New York State Register of Historic Places on December 18, 2004. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 24, 2005.
Source: Wikipedia
2012
September
Avenues: The World School opens in the former warehouse
Avenues: The World School, a private school, opened in the old R. C. Williams warehouse in September 2012. The building stands on the west side of Tenth Avenue between 25th and 26th Streets.
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