29 Leonard Street

also 29-31 Leonard Street | Tribeca | built 1881

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

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1880
A financier and a dry-goods merchant commission the twin lofts at 29 and 31 Leonard Street
In 1880-81 Samuel D. Babcock (1822-1902), president of International Bell Telephone Company, and Augustus D. Juilliard, who founded his textile firm in 1874 and was the head of the Metropolitan Opera, had J. Morgan Slade design two six-story lofts on the site of a frame building. They transferred the property soon after it was completed.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1881
A new owner adds a seventh story to 29 Leonard Street
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Later in 1881, after Babcock and Juilliard had transferred the property, its new owner J.H. Nichols of Newton, Massachusetts, engaged William G. Slade to build a seventh story. Number 31 next door, built under the same permit, received the same addition.
“…later in 1881, owner J.H. Nichols of Newton, Massachusetts, hired builder William G. Slade to erect a seventh story…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1938
An interior opening joins 29 and 31 Leonard Street in 1938
In 1938 the two buildings were joined by an interior opening. The Ideal Trading Company has used number 29 for the storage and packing of food products.
“Nos. 29 and 31 were joined by an interior opening in 1938.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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