472 Broadway

SoHo | built 1878

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  1. 1843

    The General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen moves into an earlier building here, its Crosby Street Annex

    In 1843 the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen, founded in 1785, moved into what it called the Crosby Street Annex at 472 Broadway, in a building that preceded the present one. It had moved to 30-36 Crosby Street in 1831. In 1877 it relocated again, to a building it constructed on land it had bought at 18 Sixteenth Street.

    Source: Wikipedia

  2. 1847

    A Baptist church occupies the ground floor of the building then standing at 472 Broadway

    According to the Landmarks Preservation Commission's 1973 report on the district, the building that stood at 472 Broadway before the present one held a Baptist church on its ground floor as of 1847. The General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen used the upper floors. The report does not name the congregation, and the older building was replaced in 1878.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  3. 1878

    William H. Cauvet designs a store and open-loft building for Levy Brothers, later cut down to one and a half stories

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    The present building at 472 Broadway was built between April and August 1878 to designs by William H. Cauvet, with Van Dolson & Arnott as builders, for Levy Bros. & Co. It was a store with open lofts, with an iron front on Broadway and a brick one on Crosby Street. In 1934 its height was reduced from five stories to one and a half, and a completely new facade replaced the original.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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