40 Lispenard Street

also 40A Lispenard Street | Tribeca | built 1868

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

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1868
The Kingsland brothers, one a former mayor, build 40 Lispenard Street
The wealthy oil and shipping merchants Daniel C. and Ambrose C. Kingsland built the five-story store and loft in 1866-68 over two frame structures. Ambrose, mayor of New York from 1851 to 1853, is remembered for backing Central Park, High Bridge and the Croton Aqueduct. The brothers also developed the adjoining 315-317 Church Street.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1915
Bias-tape maker William E. Wright & Sons leaves 40 Lispenard Street for 315 Church Street
William E. Wright started out selling cut fabric door to door, then invented bias tape, a staple for garment makers, and opened a store in 1897. His firm operated from 40 Lispenard Street, around the corner, before taking all four floors above the storefront at 315 Church Street. Tribeca Citizen dates the move to 1915, though it also gives 1917 for the move-in.
Source: tribecacitizen.com

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