412 Broadway

also 46 Cortlandt Alley | Civic Center | 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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1865
The New York & New Haven Railroad passenger station occupied this site before 412 Broadway
Before the present loft building, two structures here served as the New York & New Haven Railroad's passenger station. They came down between 1865 and 1868, when the lot was redeveloped for Mary Jay Dawson. The rear wall facing Cortlandt Alley survives from the replacement building.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1868
Mary Jay Dawson has an arcaded five-story store and loft building erected here
The building was erected in 1865-68 for Mary Jay Dawson and extends through the block to Cortlandt Alley, where its brick rear wall still shows a cast-iron base and fireproof shutters. Tenants over time included Tracy, Irwin & Company, importers of staple goods and hosiery, hat and fur wholesalers Coughlan, Rundle & Company, and lace importers Mills & Gibb.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1910
The 412 Broadway Company adds a neo-Renaissance facade designed by Frederick P. Platt
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In 1910 the 412 Broadway Company hired Frederick P. Platt to give the building a new neo-Renaissance front. A painted brick frame encloses a four-story projecting metal bay, topped by a dentilled metal cornice. The ground story was altered again in 1952 with a Carrara-glass storefront.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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