406 Broome Street

also 201 Lafayette Street, 410 Broome Street, 195 Lafayette Street | Nolita | built 1900

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  1. 1881

    Browning, King & Co. builds a seven-story clothing factory at 406-412 Broome Street

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    William C. Browning built this Romanesque Revival factory in 1881-82 for Browning, King & Co., a clothing manufacturer, with Jobst Hoffmann as architect. When Elm Street, today's Lafayette Street, was widened in 1897-98, the building was cut back in width and its west facade was rebuilt in simpler form. The structure stands at the corner of Cleveland Place.

    “…built in 1881-82 for William C. Browning for his company, Browning, King & Co., clothing manufacturers…”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  2. 1901

    American Express buys 406-412 Broome Street and runs a delivery warehouse there until 1919

    In 1901 Browning sold the former clothing factory to the American Express Company. The company used the building as a delivery warehouse until it sold the property in 1919. Later occupants included Goldstein Sons & Trio, shoe manufacturers, in 1924, and the Morey Machinery Company, a machine-tool firm, in 1943.

    “In 1901, Browning sold the building to the American Express Company, which used it as a delivery warehouse until it was sold in 1919.”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  3. 1977

    The Basement Workshop is listed as a performance space at 406-412 Broome Street in 1977

    By 1977 the building held the Basement Workshop, which the landmarks commission lists as a performance space. It followed an electroplating studio, listed here in 1954, and came before a later tenant, Odin New York, in 2006.

    “…an electro-plating studio (1954); the Basement Workshop, performance space (1977); and Odin New York (2006)…”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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