Hudson Building

345 West 13th Street | also 342 West 14th Street | West Village | built 1920

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  1. 1890

    John Pettit's Hudson Building brings offices and lofts to the future Gansevoort Market

    Developer John Pettit commissioned architect James Farnsworth to design a six-story buff-brick building that filled the Hudson Street block between 14th and 13th Streets, ran 150 feet along West 13th, and reached West 14th through a 25-foot frontage at No. 342. Beyond lofts for storage and manufacturing, it offered office space, which was nearly unheard of in the area. Loading docks with deep awnings lined the Hudson and 13th Street sides.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  2. 1896

    May 12

    A metal-goods maker in the building is questioned as a juror in a poisoning trial

    Martin Zinn, one of three brothers whose factory here made items such as pocketbook frames and safety razors, was summoned as a potential juror in the murder trial of Mary Alice Almont Livingston Fleming, accused of poisoning her mother. Nearly 200 men had already been dismissed. Zinn told the prosecutor he opposed the death penalty for women, which let him go back to his factory.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  3. 1908

    July 17

    A small factory fire sets off the sprinklers and floods three floors

    A little blaze broke out on the third floor in the Zinn brothers' factory, and firemen put it out quickly. The new automatic sprinklers had already been triggered, though, and water kept pouring down through three floors even after it was shut off at the rooftop tank. The Sun reported that the water cost three firms $20,000 in all: Zinn, the H. C. Miner Lithographing Company and Zinn's rival, Paul E. Carbaret & Co.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  4. 1911

    October

    Actor James O'Neill, famed as Monte Cristo, is president of a bankrupt tenant

    In October 1911 the Anchor Novelty Company, among the firms in the Hudson Building, went into involuntary bankruptcy. Its newly elected president, James O'Neill, had recently put about $30,000 into it. The New York Times noted that O'Neill was a well-known actor who had played Monte Cristo more than 6,000 times.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  5. 2000

    The old factory and office building becomes luxury condominiums with a new top floor

    A renovation begun in 1998 converted the former loft building, long home to a printing firm for much of the 20th century, into condominiums. A story was added for seven penthouse duplexes with private terraces, and the ground-floor loading docks were blended into the facade. The work finished in 2000, and by 2011 a three-bedroom apartment in the building was priced at $9 million.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

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