39 North Moore Street

also 34 Ericsson Place | Tribeca | built 1908

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1908
Mrs. W. J. Fitzgerald of London has William Emerson design a through-block loft building at 39 North Moore Street
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In 1908 architect William Emerson, who specialized in bank buildings and model tenements, designed this six-story, 27-foot-wide building for Mrs. W. J. Fitzgerald of London. It took the place of a brick stable and runs through the block to Ericsson Place. Its North Moore front echoes the terra-cotta detail of Julius Kastner's 1897 corner building at 122 Hudson Street, and the Herman Metz Company, dyestuff dealers, also occupied it for some time.
“…designed in 1908 by William Emerson, an architect who specialized in bank buildings and model tenements, for Mrs. W.J. Fitzgerald of London; it replaced a brick stable…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1941
By 1941 the Richter Brothers use 39 North Moore Street as a warehouse, and a smoked-fish processor follows
By 1941 the building served as a warehouse for the Richter Brothers. Within a few years a processor of smoked and dried fish moved in and kept syrup and vinegar in tanks on the roof. Its painted sign still shows on the west wall, and the building remains in use for food storage and processing.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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