Arnold Constable & Co. store, 307 Canal Street

307 Canal Street | also 49 Howard Street | SoHo | built 1862

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  1. 1842

    Aaron Arnold, an Isle of Wight immigrant, makes employee James Constable his partner in the dry goods firm

    In 1825 Aaron Arnold started in business with a modest dry goods shop at 91 Front Street, and he later relocated to Pine Street. James Mansell Constable, an Arnold employee who would marry Arnold's daughter, became a partner in 1842. The firm took the name Arnold Constable & Company in 1853, and in 1862 it added the five-story building at 307 Canal Street to its Canal Street store.

    “James Mansell Constable was an employee of A. Arnold & Co. who would later marry Arnold's daughter…”

    Source: Wikipedia

  2. 1862

    Arnold Constable adds a five-story section at 307 Canal Street, matching its 1856 corner store

    The Landmarks Preservation Commission's district report says No. 307 was completed in 1862 for Aaron Arnold, together with a fifth floor on the older corner section. The Canal Street front is stone, while the Mercer and Howard Street sides are brick, and the same arrangement of bays and window shapes repeats on all three. None of the original Canal Street iron storefront survives.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  3. 1869

    Arnold Constable outgrows its Canal Street store and builds a marble emporium on Broadway at 19th Street

    The firm's fashions had a high reputation, and the Canal Street store soon proved too small. In 1869 Arnold Constable put up a marble building at Broadway and East 19th Street, to designs by Griffith Thomas. It was among the first stores to move into the area that became the Ladies' Mile shopping district, and by size it ranked second among the city's dry goods stores of that day.

    “…the store soon outgrew its Canal Street store, and in 1869 the firm erected a marble building on Broadway and East 19th Street…”

    Source: Wikipedia

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