60 White Street

Tribeca | built 1920

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  1. 1861

    Vermont native Albert G. Hyde founds the cotton goods firm that later occupies 60 White Street

    Albert G. Hyde came to New York in 1848 from Vermont and worked up through the dry-goods trade before starting his own firm in 1861. Albert G. Hyde & Sons, a cotton goods house, became one of the notable occupants of 60 White Street, and the Landmarks Commission treats its business as typical of the district.

    “Hyde, a native of Vermont, came to New York in 1848, worked his way up through the dry-goods field, and founded his own firm in 1861.”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  2. 1869

    A locomotive builder's widow, Matilda Grosvenor, has 60 White Street rebuilt as a cast-iron loft

    Jasper Grosvenor, a partner in the steam locomotive firm Rogers, Ketchum & Grosvenor, died in 1857, and his wife Matilda later took up real estate development. In 1869 she had the house at 60 White Street torn down, along with two at 64-66, and hired William W. Gardiner to design new lofts. The estate next door at No. 62 did the same, and the results closely matched.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  3. 1869

    William W. Gardiner designs a five-story cast-iron Second Empire front at 60 White Street

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    The 23-foot-wide building was the westernmost of three nearly identical Gardiner designs. Its cast-iron front has pilaster-framed windows with curved corners, Corinthian columns at the storefront, and a cornice reading "ERECTED 1869." It replaced one masonry structure and still has its original storefront framing and two-over-two wood windows.

    “Designed by William W. Gardiner as the westernmost of three nearly identical buildings, it was erected in 1869…”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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