5 Harrison Street
Tribeca | built 2000
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Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.
- 1888
Charles S. Welsh builds a store and loft building at 3-5 Harrison Street
In 1888 a masonry store and loft building went up at 3-5 Harrison Street, at the corner of Staple Street, for Charles S. Welsh. Architect M. V. B. Ferdon designed it. The building stood on this lot until 1967, when it was demolished.
“…a masonry building which had been constructed in 1888 for Charles S. Welsh. Originally designed by M.V.B. Ferdon…”
- 1899
An earlier building on the site becomes a cold storage warehouse for the Harrison Street Cold Storage Company
In 1899 the Harrison Street Cold Storage Company and Joseph J. O'Donohue had the architects John B. Snook & Sons alter the 1888 building at 3-5 Harrison Street. The work converted it into a cold storage warehouse.
“…altered in 1899 by John B. Snook & Sons for Joseph J. O'Donohue and the Harrison Street Cold Storage Company for use as a cold storage warehouse…”
- 1967
A fire-gutted building on the site is demolished, leaving a parking lot at Staple Street
The 1888 warehouse that stood at 3-5 Harrison Street had been gutted by fire before it came down in 1967. Its demolition left a parking lot, 39 feet wide on Harrison Street and 59 feet along Staple Street.
“Prior to demolition the building had been gutted by fire.”
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