45 Walker Street

also 43 Walker Street | Tribeca | built 1888

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  1. 1888

    Maria I. Schermerhorn has Charles C. Haight design a six-story cast-iron store at 43-45 Walker

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    Maria I. Schermerhorn commissioned the architect Charles C. Haight to design this six-story building, built in 1888 by Robinson & Wallace. It is about 50 and a half feet wide, with an austere cast-iron facade divided by cornices into three zones. The Landmarks Preservation Commission describes its style as late nineteenth-century commercial.

    “Designed by Charles C. Haight, a noted architect responsible for several buildings in the Tribeca area, it was erected in 1888 for Maria I. Schermerhorn.”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  2. 1888

    Two older buildings, home to a feather and flower manufacturer, stood on the lot at 43-45 Walker before 1888

    Before the present building, two masonry buildings stood on the lot, and one of them was occupied by a maker and importer of feathers, flowers, dusters and plumes. A two-story dwelling stood behind them. All were cleared when Maria Schermerhorn had the six-story loft built in 1888.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  3. 1950

    Clothing, hosiery and blanket firms fill 43-45 Walker, and by mid-century a factory holds its upper floors

    The building's occupants included the clothing merchant Elias Frankfurt, shirt merchant Israel Unterberg, the Albany firm E. Gipe & Brother (hosiery, gloves and fancy goods) and Field Brothers, who sold blankets and towels. By the middle of the twentieth century stores took the first two floors and a factory the floors above. In 1928-29 part of the vault lights was lowered.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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