39 Great Jones Street

NoHo | built 1896

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

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1896
Brunner & Tryon design a seven-story Renaissance Revival loft for Joseph Buttenweiser
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The firm of Brunner & Tryon built this limestone, brick and terra-cotta store-and-loft building at 39 Great Jones Street in 1895-96 for owner Joseph L. Buttenweiser. It is one of only two Renaissance Revival buildings the firm designed for him; the other stands at 144 West 14th Street. The building has a heavy cornice, arched top-floor windows and rich foliate ornament.
“…one of two buildings designed in the Renaissance Revival style by the architectural firm of Brunner & Tryon and constructed for owner Joseph L. Buttenweiser in 1895-96…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1980
Artists begin living and working in the former hat and cap lofts at 39 Great Jones Street
From 1929 into the early 1950s, directories list manufacturers of hats, caps and garments here, followed by makers of leather goods, brushes, metal goods, yarn and envelopes into the 1970s. As Manhattan manufacturing shrank, vacant lofts drew residential tenants. A 1979 alteration converted the building to joint live/work quarters, and artists have occupied it since 1980.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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