56 North Moore Street

Tribeca | built 1914

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.

1869
Two multiple dwellings, built in 1869 and 1882, stand on the lot at 54-62 North Moore Street before it is cleared
Two multiple dwellings, one put up in 1869 and one in 1882, were on this lot until they were cleared by the mid-1890s. The lot was later used for a garage.
“…by the mid-1890s had been cleared of two multiple dwellings that had been erected in 1869 and 1882…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1914
St. Mark's Church builds a three-story garage at 54-62 North Moore Street after abandoning warehouse plans
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Saint Mark's Protestant Episcopal Church had three proposals for six- and seven-story warehouses abandoned before a garage went up on this lot in 1914. Renwick, Aspinwall & Tucker, a firm responsible for many industrial buildings of the period, designed it.
“Three proposals for six- and seven-story warehouses were abandoned before St. Marks Church erected the garage on the site…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1916
Renwick, Aspinwall & Tucker add two stories to the North Moore Street garage in 1916
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The firm that designed the 1914 garage raised it from three to five stories in 1916. Its flat brick front is patterned with white marble trim, sills and parapet coping, and four vehicular entrances open on the street. It still serves as a parking garage.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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