454 Broome Street

also 65 Mercer Street | SoHo | built 1880

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The lot about 1940
About 1940. Via 1940s.nyc
The lot about 1985
About 1985. Via 80s.nyc

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

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  1. 1879

    Samuel Warner repeats his brother's 1867 design for Elliot Cowdin at 454 Broome Street

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    No. 454 and its neighbor at 456 look like one building. Department of Buildings records show 456 was built in 1867 for Elliott Cowdin by Benjamin Warner, and Samuel Warner reused the identical design in 1879 when he built 454 for Cowdin. Only a split at the cornice line separates the two, which are now joined inside, and the combined facade is six bays wide on Broome Street and ten on Mercer.

    “The identical design was used by Samuel Warner in 1879 when he built No. 454 for Cowdin. (Benjamin Warner was Samuel Warner's younger brother…”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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