Wood's Mercantile Buildings

46 White Street | Tribeca | built 1867

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1865
Three small masonry buildings on White Street are cleared for the Wood brothers' new warehouse
Before 1865 the lots at 46 and 48-50 White Street held two three-story masonry buildings and one two-story one. Samuel and Abraham Wood, dry-goods merchants who lived in Brooklyn, replaced all three in 1865-67 with a single five-story store and loft.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1917
Owners cut a doorway to link the Wood buildings with the neighboring building at No. 44
A doorway cut in 1917 joined the Wood's Mercantile Buildings to No. 44 White Street next door. The opening tied the two properties together inside, about fifty years after the Wood family's warehouse had gone up.
“In 1917 a doorway was cut through to connect the property to No. 44.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1979
March 13
Landmarks Commission hears three supporters and one opponent of landmarking the Woods Mercantile Buildings
The Landmarks Preservation Commission held a public hearing on March 13, 1979, on designating 46 and 48-50 White Street, and continued it to May 8. Three witnesses spoke for designation and one against. The commission's Designation List 127 carries the date September 11, 1979, and describes the pair as built in 1865 for Samuel and Abraham Wood.
“Three witnesses spoke in favor of designation. There was one speaker in opposition to designation.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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