349 West Broadway

SoHo | built 1900

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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1900
October 24
Benedict A. Klein's seven-story tenement with a ground-floor store is completed at 349 West Broadway
George Pelham designed the building for owner Benedict A. Klein, and construction ran from February 28 to October 24, 1900. According to the 1973 landmark district report, the seven-story building began as a tenement with a ground-floor store and was probably home to workers from nearby. The report says this type is not commonly found in the district.
“It was originally built as a tenement with a store on the ground floor, and was probably occupied by workers in the nearby area.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1900
The 349 West Broadway facade pairs a cast-iron storefront with terra-cotta trim and a "Grand" frieze
The 1973 district report describes the seven-story, four-bay building as vernacular Classicism. Above the cast-iron storefront, the brick upper floors are trimmed in terra cotta made to look like carved stone, with a differently treated window on each story and keystones carved with heads. The cast-iron entablature at the top bears the word "Grand" in its raised center section, which the report suggests was probably the original building's name.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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