302 Bowery

NoHo | built 1878

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1878
Sarah S. Taylor builds 302 Bowery as one of six lots carved from the Humphreys estate
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Mrs. Sarah S. Taylor was the owner when architect Charles Mettam designed 302 Bowery in 1878, a four-story neo-Grec building with a ground-floor store. It was one of six lots created when the estate of Horatio N. Humphreys was divided among his heirs, all developed with similar buildings by builder John J. Brown. The Humphreys family held on to it until 1946, and its cast-iron storefront columns came from the Gold & Radley Co.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1900
302 Bowery hosts a concert saloon and beer garden and a minstrel burlesque company
Alongside its life as a lodging house, 302 Bowery held entertainment venues. The Bowery Historic District nomination lists a Lyceum Concert Saloon and Bier Garden here, and a Curtis & Heath minstrel burlesque company around 1900. The nomination also lists Spencer's Palace Music Hall across 300-302 Bowery in the 1880s.
“Lyceum Concert Saloon & Bier Garden; Curtis & Heath Minstrel Burlesque, ca. 1900; Lodging House, 1878-1991.”
Source: National Register nomination

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