60 Lispenard Street

Tribeca | built 1895

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Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

1. 1894

   June 12

   The Star Hotel, a seedy inn in two small houses, stands at 60-62 Lispenard Street until a developer buys the lots

   By the 1890s two small two-story houses at 60 and 62 Lispenard Street, the earlier buildings on this lot, had been converted into John H. Ireland's Star Hotel, a rundown place with a reputation for questionable goings-on. The New York Building & Improvement Company bought both buildings on June 12, 1894, and began planning an office and loft building.

   Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

2. 1895

   Residential architect Gilbert Schellenger designs a seven-story commercial building for 60-62 Lispenard Street

   Schellenger was better known for houses, but the New York Building & Improvement Company chose him for this much larger job, finished in 1895. Tenants included the John W. Doubleday manufacturing firm and P. W. Lambert & Co., a maker of fancy leather goods that had moved next door by 1906. A story that William R. Grace ran his firm here is disputed: Daytonian places him at Hanover Square until his death in 1904.

   Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

3. 1895

   The 1895 loft at 60-62 Lispenard Street has a two-story stone base and arcaded buff-brick upper floors

   The landmarks commission describes a seven-story Renaissance Revival building with a stone-fronted base and cast-iron piers, topped by arcaded stories faced in buff brick with stone trim. At the upper stories, stone spandrels with carved classical motifs and slender fluted cast-iron mullions frame the paired bays. The report singles out the bull-nose brick of the pilasters and arches as a noteworthy detail of Gilbert Schellenger's design.

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

4. 2005

   July

   The loft building at 60-62 Lispenard Street becomes nine condominiums called The Wanamaker

   In July 2005 the former factory building was converted into nine residences of 2,500 to 3,700 square feet each, keeping the exposed 19th-century cast-iron columns and high ceilings. The condominium is called The Wanamaker. The facade by Schellenger was left almost unchanged.

   Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

Further reading

• The 1895 Renaissance Revival Nos. 60-62 Lispenard StreetDaytonian in Manhattan

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