296 Elizabeth Street

NoHo | built 1820

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.

1872
An early dwelling at 296 Elizabeth Street is a carpenter's shop by 1872
The building began as an early-nineteenth-century house, but by 1872 it was a two-story carpenter's shop and dwelling with a peaked roof. That year Doyle & Cullen, the lessees, had mason Daniel Lawrence add a rear extension. In 1921 owner Lillian Rheder had architect Otto Reissman raise it to three stories for use as an auto repair shop and factory.
“By 1872, it had been converted to a carpenter's shop, and by 1921, to an automobile repair shop and factory.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1950
Kitchen-machinery repair shops fill 296 Elizabeth Street in the mid-twentieth century
Over the twentieth century many kitchen-machinery supply and repair businesses set up in the area, and 296 Elizabeth housed several of them. Long-standing occupants included the Cunningham Machine Co., the Acme American Toaster & Kitchen Machinery Repair Co., Amcoin Co., and John E. Smith & Sons, each there for 15 to 30 years from about 1950. In 1985 two stories were added and the building became offices.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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