Jewelers' Craft Building

45 Lispenard Street | also 49 Lispenard Street, 51 Lispenard Street | Tribeca | built 1896

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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1896
Cady, Berg & See design a nine-story fireproof loft building for Clarence L. Smith at 45-51 Lispenard Street
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The noted firm of Cady, Berg & See designed this nine-story, 92-foot-wide Renaissance Revival store, loft and office building, erected in 1895-96 for the builder Clarence L. Smith. It replaced five masonry dwellings, some of them occupied by a cloth hat and cap manufacturer and an artificial flower merchant. Early tenants included the woolens and linens firm Wigger & Swayze, the ribbon and yarn dealer S. Hollander, and G. Merzbach, a furnishing-goods merchant.
“Designed by the noted firm of Cady, Berg & See for Clarence L. Smith, a builder, it was erected in 1895-96…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1980
Upper floors of the Jewelers' Craft Building become live-work space for artists
By the mid-twentieth century the building had taken the name Jewelers' Craft Building and served for storage and light manufacturing. From 1978 to 1980 the upper stories were converted into combined living and working quarters for artists. Thomas Rochon was the architect and Peter Nelson the owner.
“…converted in 1978-80 into joint living and working spaces for artists.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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