419 Lafayette Street
NoHo | built 1894
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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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- 1894
Alfred Zucker designs an eight-story warehouse at 419-421 Lafayette for John T. Williams
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Alfred Zucker was the architect of this warehouse, put up in 1893-94 for the owner, John T. Williams. It rises eight stories plus a penthouse, with a steel and cast-iron frame behind limestone and brick, a rusticated two-story base and a galvanized-iron roof cornice. It went up as the once-fashionable residential and entertainment district was turning into a zone of warehouses and factories.
“…designed by Alfred Zucker and built in 1893-94 for John T. Williams…”
- 1901
By 1901 the Winthrop Press has its offices and print shop at 419-421 Lafayette
A printing firm called the Winthrop Press had its offices and press room in the warehouse within a few years of its completion. The Landmarks Preservation Commission notes that by 1927 small manufacturing firms occupied it. The upper floors now serve as live-work quarters.
- 1933
Real-estate investor Alfred Rau, an owner of the building, becomes notorious in 1933 for assaulting two women
Alfred Rau (1869-1945), a real-estate investor, owned the building for a time in the early twentieth century. In 1933 he became notorious for assaulting two women who had visited his office about renting a store. The Landmarks Preservation Commission's NoHo report mentions the incident only briefly.
“…gained notoriety in 1933 by attacking two women who had come to his office to inquire about renting a store…”
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