56 MacDougal Street

also 58 MacDougal Street | SoHo | built 1903

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1903
George Pelham designs a six-story tenement with stores at 56-58 MacDougal Street
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Charles J. Weinstein built the six-story new-law tenement at 56-58 MacDougal Street in 1903 to plans by George Pelham. It combines red brick with white terra-cotta lintels, scrolled keystones and egg-and-dart molding, and has glazed-brick quoins and bands on the upper floors. Decorative cast-iron piers flank the residential entrance, and the building keeps its historic fire escapes.
“…designed by the architect George Pelham and built for Charles J. Weinstein in 1903…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1903
56-58 MacDougal Street is cited as an ornate example of tenements built after the 1901 Tenement House Act
After the Tenement House Act of 1901, builders in the Sullivan-Thompson district put up six-story tenements with ground-floor shops, many arranged around large air shafts. The ones completed soon after the law took effect tended to be more ornate, with a great deal of projecting terra cotta. Among the examples the Landmarks Commission names are 56-58 MacDougal Street, which George Pelham designed in 1903, and 40 MacDougal Street.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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