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392 Broadway | also 20 Cortlandt Alley | Civic Center | built 1860

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.

1860
Charles A. Baudouine builds a five-story marble-fronted warehouse at 392 Broadway
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The building was completed around 1859-60 for Charles A. Baudouine. Its marble front has two tiers of double-height arches, and the lot runs 175 feet back to Cortlandt Alley, where it is number 20. A fire in 1890 forced repairs to the stonework. The building replaced a masonry dwelling on Broadway and a masonry store on the alley side, and served as a store and warehouse.
“It was constructed in 1859-60 for Charles A. Baudouine.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1913
A new galvanized-iron storefront by Herman Lee Meader serves a United Dairy Lunch at 392 Broadway
In 1913-14 the estate of Charles Baudouine, still the owner, had architect Herman Lee Meader install a storefront of galvanized iron and plate glass. The lessee was the United Dairy Lunch Company, and the Landmarks Preservation Commission notes that a restaurant occupied the ground floor at that time. Some of the 1913 cast-iron framing survives.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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