27 Great Jones Street

NoHo | built 1900

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  1. 1870

    Louis Burger finishes 27 Great Jones Street, the first purpose-built loft in the district extension

    Built between 1868 and 1870 for owner Frederick A. Vilmar, this marble-and-cast-iron building was the first store-and-loft structure erected for that purpose in what is now the NoHo Historic District Extension. Architect Louis Burger gave it an Italianate palazzo-style front, a form that spread among loft buildings after A. T. Stewart's department store went up in 1845-46.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  2. 1880

    A medical publisher, a coffin maker and then paper-box firms occupy 27 Great Jones Street

    Directories show the medical publisher William Wood and Company in the building in 1880, and by 1890 Maxwell & Co., a coffin manufacturer. In the late 1920s paper and twine companies gathered here, including a paper-box maker, a paper-cup maker and West Shore Twine & Paper Co. By the 1950s a ventilation and electrical firm, Thomas C. Miller, was a tenant until about 1970.

    “William Wood and Company, a medical publisher occupied the building in 1880; ten years later directories list Maxwell & Co. a coffin manufacturer.”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  3. 1967

    Openings are cut between 27 and 29 Great Jones Street in 1967, and a penthouse is added in 1996

    In 1967 openings were cut through to the neighboring building at 29 Great Jones Street, linking the two. In 1996 the store and storage space was converted to joint live/work quarters on floors two to seven, with a two-story penthouse added to the roof, to designs by architect Fritz Johnson.

    “1967 (BN 3702-1967): Openings cut into the adjoining building at 29 Great Jones Street.”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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