54 White Street

Tribeca | built 1868

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

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1868
Benjamin W. Warner designs a sandstone Italianate store for Sarah Jane Zabriskie at 54-56 White Street
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The five-story building went up in 1866-68 for Sarah Jane Zabriskie on a 46-and-a-half-foot frontage, replacing two masonry buildings. Architect Benjamin W. Warner, who like his brother Samuel designed many Tribeca and SoHo buildings, gave it a sandstone front with prominent cornices and quoins. Its original cast-iron storefront framing and two projecting show windows survive.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1916
Andrew C. Zabriskie, one of the city's biggest landowners, dies with his family still tied to 54-56 White Street
The Zabriskie family stayed connected to the property for almost a century after it was built. Sarah Jane's son, Andrew C. Zabriskie, was a noted philanthropist active in many civic and cultural groups and one of New York's largest owners of real estate. He died in 1916, and his obituary ran in the New York Times on September 16.
“The Zabriskie family remained connected to this property for almost 100 years; Sarah Jane's son, Andrew C. Zabriskie…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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