344 Bowery

NoHo | built 1893

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  1. 1893

    Frank Wennemer designs a six-story Renaissance Revival loft at 344 Bowery for the Dahnke brothers

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    Henry and Charles Dahnke had the architect Frank Wennemer design this six-story store-and-loft building in 1892-93. A limestone-faced lower section with a cast-iron storefront supports upper floors of arches and Corinthian capitals, and the top story has arcaded windows. It went up as older dwellings in the area were being replaced with commercial lofts.

    “…designed by architect Frank Wennemer and built for owners Henry and Charles Dahnke in 1892-93…”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  2. 1950

    Machine shops, cap makers and metal platers work out of 344 Bowery through the mid-twentieth century

    Tenants over the years included a trouser maker, Marco Lababera, and Louis Smul & Sons, restaurant suppliers, both around 1929-35. Triangle Metal Platers worked there from about 1929 to 1939. L & V Machine and Tool Works stayed from about 1950 to 1986, Gershowitz Cap Company from about 1959 to 1980, and Andover Fastener Company from about 1959 to 1986.

    “L & V Machine and Tool Works (c. 1950-86); Gershowitz Cap Company (c. 1959-80) and Andover Fastener Company (c. 1959-86)…”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  3. 1951

    A bar and grill occupies the ground floor of 344 Bowery in 1951, with a factory above

    A description of the building in 1951 lists a bar and grill on the first floor and a factory on the upper floors. Decades later, as loft manufacturing faded, its certificate of occupancy was amended in 1992 to store and offices. The next year it was changed again to allow a store and general residences.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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