J. T. Huner Co. Building

40 Hudson Street | Tribeca | built 1898

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The lot about 1940
About 1940. Via 1940s.nyc
The lot about 1985
About 1985. Via 80s.nyc

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.

  1. 1898

    Architect Edward E. Ashley designs and owns a six-story loft at 40 Hudson Street

    Edward E. Ashley, a builder best known for apartment houses, designed this 25-foot-wide Renaissance Revival loft for himself in 1897-98. It rises six stories, with a two-story cast-iron base that still carries a small plaque naming him as architect. Ashley's plans replaced an older brick dwelling on the lot.

    “This structure was owned and designed by architect and builder Edward E. Ashley, noted for his apartment building commissions.”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  2. 1899

    October

    Match jobber John T. Huner goes to the press after Diamond Match threatens his customers

    John T. Huner, who sold matches from 40 Hudson Street for Detroit manufacturers, learned in 1899 that a customer had been warned off his goods. Diamond Match Company had told Von Glahn Brothers it would cut off its own supply if the firm stocked rival brands. Huner took the letter to the newspapers, and a Times reporter found Diamond's manager admitting he sent it and calling it routine.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  3. 1902

    December 20

    Rival match men trade fist-shaking insults at a Fire Department hearing

    Fire Commissioner C. A. Haskell summoned match company representatives to Fire Headquarters to discuss rules for selling and storing parlor matches. The Evening World reported that J. T. Huner and Diamond Match's G. H. Hawkins attacked both the proposals and each other, each accusing the other of breaking the agreement on package size. The meeting ended with the two shaking their fists in each other's faces.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  4. 1905

    Bay State Shoe & Leather replaces Huner at 40 Hudson Street as the shoe trade spreads into the neighborhood

    Around 1905 the Bay State Shoe & Leather Co. replaced Huner at No. 40, as the shoe business spread into the neighborhood. Its president, Edwin Wildes Bigelow, had moved the company from Ossining, New York, after workers there went on strike. The firm stayed at the address through at least 1918, and the building later filled with offices and light manufacturing.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  5. 1995

    May

    Just Jake opens as a toy store where children can try the merchandise

    In May 1995 the ground floor became Just Jake, a Tribeca toy shop designed by Dean/Wolf Architects. New York Times writer Delcie Leimbach noted that children were welcome to sample most of what was on sale, with a stage for puppeteers and a carpeted book boat. The upper floors became residences, one per floor, in 1998, and a wine shop took over the store around 2004.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

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