38 North Moore Street

also 40 North Moore Street | Tribeca | built 1902

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1874
An earlier five-story building for Daniel Archer stands on the site of 38-40 North Moore Street
Before the present warehouse, a five-story store and loft building put up in 1874 for Daniel Archer occupied the lot. It ran through the block to 156 Franklin Street. In the 1890s it was leased to the John H. Mohlmann Company, a grocery firm headquartered on Greenwich Street.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1902
Builder Hugh Getty has Franklin Baylies design a six-story palazzo-style warehouse at 38-40 North Moore Street
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Hugh Getty, a prominent builder who was very active in the area, commissioned this fifty-foot-wide warehouse in neo-Renaissance style from architect Franklin Baylies. It was described when built as a factory and workshop, and the grocery firm Acker, Merrill & Condit leased it on completion. A stone cornice marks its two-story base, and cream-colored brick covers the upper floors.
“Commissioned by the prominent builder, Hugh Getty who was very active in the area, the palazzo-like building was designed by Franklin Baylies…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1910
Produce and butter dealers Pettit & Reed lease 38-40 North Moore Street
Around 1910 the produce and butter firm of Pettit & Reed became a tenant of the Getty warehouse. LPC's district report notes that part of the building remains in use as a food products warehouse.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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