343 Canal Street

SoHo | built 1868

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1868
Isaac F. Duckworth designs a narrow five-story cast-iron store at 343 Canal Street for P. R. Francis
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In 1868 the architect Isaac F. Duckworth designed this five-story, three-bay store for P. R. Francis, combining neo-Grec and French Renaissance elements in cast iron. Slender columns and pier panels with rosettes decorate the front, under a bracketed cornice. The Landmarks Preservation Commission report says the building seems especially tall because it stands isolated, with a parking lot on one side and a two-story taxpayer on the other.
“No. 343 is an Isaac F. Duckworth design that was built in 1868 for P.R. Francis.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1868
Isaac F. Duckworth, a little-documented architect with an office at 291 Broadway, designs 343 Canal Street
The Landmarks Preservation Commission says little is known about Duckworth: the 1870 census recorded him as a 30-year-old born in Pennsylvania, and city directories list him from 1858 to 1883. Of his buildings in the SoHo-Cast Iron district, only 343 Canal Street dates from outside 1872-73. The rest are elaborate French Second Empire iron fronts with mansard roofs and heavy pediments.
“Isaac F. Duckworth was a New York City architect about whom little is known. He was listed in the New York City Directories between 1858 and 1883.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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