428 Broadway
also 37 Howard Street | SoHo | built 1889
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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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- 1889
A six-story Queen Anne loft rises at 428-432 Broadway for the Poillion estate
Architect Samuel A. Warner designed this six-story store-and-loft building, erected in 1888-89 on behalf of Letitia Poillion's estate. Its upper facade combines brick, terra cotta and sandstone in a multicolored Queen Anne composition typical of 1880s commercial buildings. It went up as big factories and stores turned the streets around Broadway into a dry-goods and textile center.
“…designed by architect Samuel A. Warner and built in 1888-89 for the estate of Letitia Poillion…”
- 1916
New York Telephone Company occupies 428-432 Broadway from 1916 to 1930
From 1916 until 1930 the New York Telephone Company was a tenant at 428-432 Broadway, also addressed as 37-41 Howard Street. Earlier occupants included Willis H. Belknap, umbrellas, in 1891, and the Excelsior Pad Company by 1914. Mayo Bros., dealing in cloth belts, was a tenant in 1945.
“…the Excelsior Pad Co. (1914); the New York Telephone Co. (1916-30); Mayo Bros., cloth belts (1945)…”
- 1964
Teamsters Local 831 has its headquarters at 428 Broadway
By 1964 the building housed the headquarters of Local 831 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The Bell Engraving Company had occupied space in 1956, and by 1999 the architecture firm Helfand Meyer Guggenheimer was a tenant. The upper floors have since been converted to offices.
“…the headquarter of Local 831, International Brotherhood of Teamsters (1964)…”
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