52 Gansevoort Street

also 58 Gansevoort Street | West Village | built 1905

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

Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

1850
The Hoe family's building firm sets up a carpenter shop and stable on Gansevoort Street
Around 1850-54 the carpentry and building firm James C. Hoe & Co. built a shop and stable at 54-56 Gansevoort Street, and two tenements went up at Nos. 52 and 58 around 1853. By 1898 the Hoes' operation here included a steam woodworking factory, and in 1893 the shop had grown from four stories to five. The firm's work included A.T. Stewart's uptown store, the McCreery store on Broadway and the Tiffany & Co. store on Union Square West.
“A carpenter shop and stable were built at No. 54-56 Gansevoort Street, around 1850-54, and tenements were constructed at Nos. 52 and 58 around 1853.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1937
Three old buildings are cut down to two stories and joined as a market building
James C. Hoe's Sons kept the property until the firm went bankrupt in 1933. In 1937 the three buildings on the lot, which had stood three, four and five stories tall, were reduced to two stories and joined as a market building with offices upstairs. The owner, Man-Fra Realty, was headed by Emanual Frank, a veal merchant who had retired and put his money into real estate, and early tenants included A. Bohrer, Inc., wholesale fruit and produce.
“In 1937, the three buildings on the property were reduced from three, four, and five stories to two, and converted for use as a market building…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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