Castro Building
43 West 23rd Street | also 49 West 23rd Street, 24 West 24th Street, 28 West 24th Street | NoMad | 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
George C. Flint opens a furniture showroom in a new Hardenbergh-designed building
Architect Henry J. Hardenbergh designed the eight-story limestone building for furniture maker George C. Flint, whose flagship showroom opened on August 22, 1894. Large ground-floor show windows, Ionic pillars, Corinthian pilasters, and carved cat-head cartouches distinguished the facade. The New York Times noted that shoppers could walk around and examine any piece on display from every angle.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
- 1918
Flint & Horner leaves the showroom after a merger and a factory fire
A fire destroyed George C. Flint's West 29th Street factory and warehouse on November 6, 1906, costing about $250,000 in lost furniture and antiques. Flint's company subsequently merged with rival dealer R.J. Horner to form Flint & Horner, which kept selling furniture from the West 23rd Street showroom until relocating uptown by the end of World War I in 1918.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
Further reading
- The George C. Flint Furniture Co. Building - No. 43 West 23rd StreetDaytonian in Manhattan
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