56 Thomas Street

Tribeca | built 1898

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1898
Realtor Blakeslee Barnes buys the lot and has a six-story loft built at 56 Thomas Street
Developer Louis Lese commissioned the architects Quinby & Broome in 1897, but the six-story building was actually put up for the realtor Blakeslee Barnes, who bought the lot in February 1898, just as work was about to start. It replaced a four-story brick store that had been leased to millinery dealers and dry goods jobbers. Quinby & Broome also designed an apartment building for Barnes at 83 Perry Street in 1899.
“…was commissioned by developer Louis Lese in 1897, but was actually built for realtor Blakeslee Barnes who bought the property in February 1898…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1898
Columbia neurologist Dr. M. Allen Starr buys the new building at 56 Thomas Street
Right after it was completed, Dr. M. Allen Starr, a neurologist, bought the building. He was on the Columbia University faculty from 1903 to 1915. Later occupants have been fabric businesses, among them Centrotex Ltd., the Reno Fabrics Co. and Valdure Fabrics. The ground floor is commercial and the upper floors are residential.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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