568 Broadway

also 69 Prince Street, 108 Crosby Street | SoHo | built 1897

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

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1895
September 9
Work begins on a twelve-story store and loft building for H. O. Havemeyer at Broadway and Prince
The city's SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District report lists the building at 568-578 Broadway, on the northeast corner of Prince Street and running through to Crosby Street, as commenced on September 9, 1895. The owner is given as H. O. Havemeyer, spelled Havarmeyer in the report, and the intended use was stores and lofts. It rose twelve stories, eight bays and 126 feet wide on Broadway.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1897
February 24
George B. Post completes a twelve-story stone, terra-cotta and brick loft building on Broadway
The Landmarks Preservation Commission report records the building at 568-578 Broadway as completed on February 24, 1897, to designs by George B. Post. Its facade is stone, terra cotta and brick. It was a twelve-story building, eight bays and 126 feet wide, with its original use listed as stores and lofts, and it runs through the block to Crosby Street.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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