53 Warren Street

Tribeca | built 1854

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  1. 1854

    The Gilbert family replaces its house at 53 Warren Street with a marble loft building

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    Nicholas Gilbert got the lot at 53 Warren Street from Trinity Church in 1826, and the Gilbert family lived in a house there through 1853. Soon afterward they rebuilt it, possibly by enlarging the old house, as a five-story Italianate store and loft building faced in marble, and rented it to dry goods and liquor importers. The family kept the property until 1897.

    “…they redeveloped it as an investment. It remained in the Gilbert family until 1897.”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  2. 1892

    Haida Lamp & China Co. imports china, lamps and chandeliers at 53 Warren Street

    By about 1880 the cloth and dry goods merchants who first filled 53 Warren Street had given way to wine importers, among them F.W. Mathias & Co. and Emanuel Meyer. In the 1890s the building turned to china: Cox, Parish & Ungar sold wholesale china, lamps and chandeliers there, and Haida Lamp & China Co., listed from about 1892 to 1898, took a lease in 1896.

    “…c.1892-98 Haida Lamp & China Co. - imported china, lamps & chandeliers…”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  3. 1948

    Caster maker Frederick Pfeifer Corp. begins a decades-long stay at 53 Warren Street

    The Frederick Pfeifer Corp., a maker of casters and wheels, acquired 53 Warren Street in 1948 and operated from it. When the landmarks commission wrote its report on the Tribeca South Historic District Extension, the company still owned and occupied the building. The report counts it among the few long-lived businesses left in a district where storefronts were filling with small shops, restaurants and offices, and the upper floors with apartments.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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