35 Howard Street

SoHo | built 1868

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

Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

1868
Edward Wall designs a five-story Italianate loft at 35 Howard Street for William Watson
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Architect Edward Wall designed this stone-fronted loft and store in 1868 for William Watson, as SoHo was changing from a residential district to a commercial one. The landmark report says its facade drew on the A.T. Stewart store, the city's first Italianate commercial building. The cast-iron ground story, with fluted Corinthian columns, is still in place, though the cornice was removed and the upper front painted.
“…designed by architect Edward Wall and built in 1868 for William Watson…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1880
Sign makers, upholsterers and woodworking-machine dealers rent 35 Howard Street over a century
The first tenant the city report lists is M.R. Levy & Co., makers of signs and banners, in 1880. Later occupants include W.B. Gray, a notions and furnishings dealer (1904), an upholsterer (1940), a cabinet maker (1956) and the Addee Woodworking Machinery Co. (1963). By 2005 the Roberto Menichetti boutique was a tenant.
“M.R. Levy & Co., signs and banners (1880); W.B. Gray, notions and furnishings (1904)…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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