455 Broadway

SoHo | built 1868

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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. 1868

    E. N. Nichols puts up a five-story stone store and loft building at 455 Broadway

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    The district report dates 455-457 Broadway to 1867-1868 and names E. N. Nichols as the original owner. It was built as a store with lofts above, five stories and four bays wide, with a stone front and iron cornices. Parts of the cornice ornament and the ground floor have since been lost or altered.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  2. 1895

    Belding Brothers, the sewing-silk makers, own 455 Broadway by 1895

    By 1895 the sewing-silk business of Belding Brothers owned 455 Broadway, according to the Landmarks Preservation Commission's district report. The report notes that the building was illustrated in King's Views, a book of New York pictures. The report does not say how long the firm stayed.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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