515 West 36th Street

also 520 West 37th Street, 525 West 36th Street | Hudson Yards | built 2018

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

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1902
Rohe & Brother builds a new office building on this site
An earlier building at 527-531 West 36th Street is erected for Rohe & Brother, a provisions packer and lard refiner, in a design by Werner & Windolph that matches the firm's 1870 factory nearby. The company holds annual employee balls and summer outings, and by 1914 a newspaper calls it the largest provision packer in New York.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
1936
The earlier building becomes a Hershey Farms milk bottling plant
In 1936 architect William H. Fuhrer renovates the earlier building on this site for Hershey Farms' milk bottling operation. The Rohes had sold their other Hell's Kitchen properties in 1930 but kept this one, where they ran their executive offices. It later serves as a storage warehouse and then houses Scheuman Lumber and automotive repair businesses.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
2012
November
The old Rohe & Brother building goes on the market for $10 million
By 2012 the earlier building at 527-531 West 36th Street sits inside the four-acre Hudson Park and Boulevard project, part of the second phase of Hudson Yards. Facing eventual seizure by eminent domain, its owner, Convention Center Hardware and Supplies, puts it up for sale in November 2012 for $10 million.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

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