304 Bowery

NoHo | built 1877

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1. 1876

   German Exchange Bank president Michael Adrian builds the apartment house at 304 Bowery

   Michael Adrian, president of the German Exchange Bank, had architect William Jose design a four-story apartment house with a ground-floor store at 304 Bowery in 1876-77. Adrian lived at 472 Grand Street, and his bank served the German community that had settled around the Bowery. The 1880 census shows German and German-American tenants, who gave way to Irish and Russian immigrants by 1900. The building stayed in the Adrian family until 1965.

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

2. 1965

   304 Bowery turns its upper floors into artists' lofts in 1965

   By 1915 the upper stories of 304 Bowery were used for light manufacturing, though the change was not made legal until 1961. Krug Billiard Table Co. was a long-term tenant from about 1940 to 1965. In 1965, as demand for factory space fell, the upper floors became artists' lofts, and since about 1970 the ground floor has held commercial kitchen equipment dealers.

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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