49 Crosby Street

SoHo | built 1893

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

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1893
A six-story Queen Anne warehouse is completed at 49 Crosby Street for a Chesebro owner
Oswald Wirz designed the brick and cast-iron warehouse, built in 1891-93 for a Chesebro owner. Its sunburst panel above the second story and pedimented fifth-story windows are typical of late Queen Anne work on modest commercial buildings of the 1890s. The building has since been converted to apartments.
“Queen Anne style warehouse was designed by architect Oswald Wirz and was constructed in 1891-93…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1900
Plating works, paper dealers and electrical firms fill 49 Crosby Street from 1900 on
The building's tenants included the Star Plating Works in 1900, the Sunderland Paper Co. in 1911, the Exporters' Packing Corp. in 1926 and the Noma Electric Corp. in 1938. By 1970 it housed the American Wool Waste Corp. The Landmarks Preservation Commission cites these small factories and warehouses as typical of SoHo before its loft conversions.
“Star Plating Works (1900); the Sunderland Paper Co. (1911); the Exporters' Packing Corp. (1926); the Noma Electric Corp. (1938); and the American Wool Waste Corp. (1970)…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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