298 Elizabeth Street

NoHo | built 1902

Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

1902
George J. Stier builds a wagon-assembly factory at 298 Elizabeth Street
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George J. Stier bought the lot in 1898 and, in 1902, had architect William Kurtzer design a five-story Romanesque Revival factory on it. George J. Stier, Inc., put wagons together on the premises until 1930. Stier's widow sold the property in 1948, after which it housed an auto repair shop, a garage and manufacturing lofts.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1956
The upper floors of 298 Elizabeth Street become artists' lofts
In 1956 Wiljar Realty Corp., the owner, hired architect Arthur Paul Hess to change the upper floors of this 1902 factory from light-manufacturing lofts to artists' lofts. At the same time the first story, formerly an auto repair shop, was made into a garage.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1986
Def Jam Recording Inc. becomes the owner of 298 Elizabeth Street
Ownership records list Tenro Music Co., Inc. as owner of the building from 1966 and Def Jam Recording Inc. from 1986. In 1998 it passed to Jammin' 298 LLC, and from 1998 to 2000 the factory was converted to a residential condominium with an altered ground-floor facade.
“1966 Tenro Music Co., Inc. 1986 Def Jam Recording Inc. 1998 Jammin' 298 LLC…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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