388 Broadway

also 16 Cortlandt Alley | Civic Center | built 1859

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1859
King & Kellum design a marble store with cast-iron storefront at 388 Broadway for David A. Wood
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The five-story Italianate building was finished around 1859 for David A. Wood and designed by King & Kellum, a firm that helped turn lower Broadway into a commercial center. Its marble front has two tiers of double-height arches, and the original cast-iron storefront came from Daniel D. Badger's Architectural Iron Works at 42 Duane Street. It replaced a masonry dwelling on Broadway and a masonry store at the back of the lot.
“The building, constructed in 1858-59 for David A. Wood, was designed in the Italianate style by King & Kellum…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1898
Lawyer John E. Parsons owns 388 Broadway by the late 1890s
By the late 1890s the building belonged to John E. Parsons, a prominent attorney who developed other properties in the neighborhood. The Landmarks Preservation Commission notes that he helped found the Bar Association and the General Memorial Hospital for cancer treatment, and served as president of Cooper Union. Around 1900 the Naething Brothers ran a bakery and lunchroom on the ground floor.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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