424 Broadway

SoHo | built 1868

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  1. 1868

    Carpet merchant Elias S. Higgins builds a marble-fronted loft at 424-426 Broadway

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    In 1868 Elias S. Higgins, a carpet merchant who also developed property in the Tribeca area, had architect Henry Engelbert put up this Italianate store-and-loft building. Its stone upper facade, set above a cast-iron base, followed the model of the A.T. Stewart store, which was the city's first Italianate commercial building. It rose as SoHo was changing from a residential neighborhood into a commercial district.

    “…built in 1868 for Elias S. Higgins ... Higgins was a carpet merchant and real estate developer…”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  2. 1921

    F.W. Woolworth is among the many commercial tenants of 424-426 Broadway

    By 1921 F.W. Woolworth was among the building's occupants, after earlier tenants such as Louis Mason & Co., fancy goods (1871), and Jacob Cohen, cloaks (1907). Louis Waldman, a sportswear dealer, was here in 1938, and by 1951 the Joseph Meyer Company, stationers and printers, had moved in.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  3. 1987

    Five apparel manufacturers buy 424-426 Broadway and divide it into condominiums

    Five apparel manufacturers bought the building in 1987 and divided it into commercial condominiums for their own use. It stayed in commercial use afterward. The city's landmarks commission later pointed to it as an example of SoHo's role as a dry-goods district in the mid-1800s and as a home for small factories and warehouses in the 1900s.

    “In 1987, five apparel manufacturers bought the building and split it into commercial condominiums for their own use.”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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