416 Broadway

also 276 Canal Street | Civic Center | built 1899

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

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1883
John B. Snook designs a commercial building here for typefounder David Wolfe Bruce
In 1883 local typefounder David Wolfe Bruce had the prominent commercial architect John B. Snook design a building on this site at Canal Street and Broadway. It replaced a three-story dwelling from the Federal era that a button company had occupied in the 1860s. The Snook building was itself demolished in the 1890s for the present tower.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1899
Catherine W. Bruce, wife of a typefounder, builds a nine-story store and office building
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Jordan & Giller designed the Renaissance Revival building, erected in 1898-99 for Catherine W. Bruce. Her husband George Bruce was an innovative typefounder who also built the landmarked 254-260 Canal Street in 1856-57. The new building replaced three masonry structures. It has a steel and cast-iron frame, 120 feet on Canal Street and 33 and a half on Broadway.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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