408 Broadway
also 38 Cortlandt Alley | Civic Center | built 1868
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
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- 1866
Part of the Apollo Hotel stood on the lots now occupied by 408 Broadway
Before the present loft building, two masonry structures on this part of Broadway formed part of the Apollo Hotel, and a third masonry commercial building stood alongside them. All were cleared for the building that E.S. Higgins & Company began in 1866. The hotel was an earlier use of this lot.
“…replaced two masonry structures which formed part of the Apollo Hotel and another masonry commercial building.”
- 1868
Carpet dealer Elias Higgins's company completes a five-story marble-front loft building
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Henry Engelbert designed the building for E.S. Higgins & Company in 1866-68. Elias Higgins, a carpet merchant and real estate developer, also built 80-82 White Street. The marble front is shown as two identical Italianate facades on cast-iron storefronts, and the L.R. Case foundry's plate is still visible. Occupants included the dry-goods firm Calhoun, Robbins & Company and a hat maker.
“Designed by Henry Engelbert for E.S. Higgins & Company, it was erected in 1866-68; Elias S. Higgins, a carpet merchant and real estate developer…”
- 1900
Doorways link 408 Broadway to the building at 72-76 Walker Street
Openings were cut through the south wall of this building in 1900, joining it to the structure at 72-76 Walker Street. The change tied the Italianate loft building, completed in 1868, to a neighbor on Walker Street.
“In 1900 new doorways were cut through the south wall of the building, connecting it to No. 72-76 Walker Street.”
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