443-453 Greenwich Street warehouse

443 Greenwich Street | also 451 Greenwich Street, 34 Vestry Street, 9 Desbrosses Street | Tribeca | built 1905

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1883
Charles C. Haight designs a Romanesque Revival warehouse for Trinity Church, then a neighbor
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Trinity Church Corporation commissioned architect Charles C. Haight to design this seven-story warehouse in 1883, with a 175-foot front on Greenwich Street. The next year he designed the adjacent building at 34-38 Vestry Street, and the two enclose a large interior courtyard. Haight designed a number of Tribeca buildings for Trinity, including 12-16 Vestry Street.
“The warehouse was designed in 1883 by Charles C. Haight for the Trinity Church Corporation and expanded in the following year with the construction of the adjacent building…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1910
Glass, steel wool and drug firms rent space in the Haight warehouse
Two of the longest-staying tenants were the glass company Semon Bache and the American Steel Wool Manufacturing Company, which also took space in the neighboring building at 34-38 Vestry Street. The glass beveler and cutter Benjamin Griffen was at 40 Vestry Street from about 1900 to 1920, and the drug firm Parke, Davis & Company was a tenant in the 1910s. Bookbinders and electronics firms came later.
“Long-term tenants in the building included the Semon Bache glass company and the American Steel Wool Manufacturing Company…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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