321 Greenwich Street

Tribeca | built 1895

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1894
Egg and produce merchant Edwin M. Harrison commissions 321 Greenwich Street
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Alexis Reid McIlvaine designed this five-story Renaissance Revival building in 1894 for Edwin M. Harrison, a prominent produce and eggs merchant. Harrison also owned the adjoining No. 321A and developed No. 323 shortly after. Over the years it served as a warehouse and a small factory.
“…built for owner Edwin M. Harrison, a prominent produce and eggs merchant…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1894
Exaggerated keystones top the arched windows of 321 Greenwich Street
McIlvaine concentrated the ornament of this 1894-95 building on its top stories, where oversized keystones cap the arched windows. The Landmarks Preservation Commission contrasts this treatment with the more literal brick arcade and superimposed pilaster order of No. 323 next door.
“…in which exaggerated keystones top the arched windows…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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