415 Greenwich Street

also 415A Greenwich Street, 415B Greenwich Street | Tribeca | built 1913

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Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

  1. 1911

    Glue maker Samuel Weil builds an eight-story warehouse in two stages

    Samuel Weil, head of Samuel Weil & Sons, a paste and glue firm operating since 1860, developed this warehouse on Greenwich Street between Hubert and Laight. Charles B. Meyers designed the northern half in 1911, and Victor A. Bark Jr. copied his design for the southern half the next year. The building has a 175-foot front on Greenwich Street and replaced several masonry and wood buildings.

    “Weil was the head of Samuel Weil & Sons, producers of paste and glues since 1860…”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  2. 1930

    The warehouse holds bonded tea, then soap and candy makers

    Weil and his heirs rented space to many storage operators. The Mercantile Warehouse Company was an early tenant, and the Independent Warehouse firm later stored bonded tea in part of the building in the 1910s and 1920s. Other small warehouse firms and manufacturers rented space too; around 1930 the Curtis Candy Company and the American Liquid Soap Company were among them.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  3. 1940

    The Erie Railroad runs a truck terminal in the building

    The Erie Railroad ran three truck terminals in Manhattan to shuttle smaller shipments to and from its freight terminal in Jersey City, and this warehouse was one of them. Erie Railroad signs stayed on the building through the 1940s.

    “…one of three truck terminals in Manhattan used by the Erie Railroad for the transfer of smaller shipments to and from its Jersey City freight terminal…”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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