42 White Street

Tribeca | built 1868

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1. 1867

   An 1830s house at 42 White Street gains a story for an eating-house keeper, then another in 1874

   The core of the building is a three-story masonry structure raised in 1833-35 for merchant Abraham Richards. In 1867-68 it was made four stories for William Collins, a Brooklyn resident who ran an eating house at this address. In 1874 Collins hired Julius Boekell to add a fifth floor and rework the brick front in the neo-Grec style.

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

2. 1942

   Stock Exchange member Peter McDonnell's estate owns 42 White Street, which a San Francisco dry goods firm once occupied

   After Collins, the building passed through several hands, among them the estate of Peter McDonnell, who lived from 1878 or 1879 to 1942. McDonnell was a New York Stock Exchange member who directed two banks and represented major Italian steamship interests in the city. Subsequent occupants included M. Scheyer & Brother of San Francisco, a firm selling white goods, laces, notions, fancy goods, millinery and ribbons.

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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