622 Broadway

also 156 Crosby Street | NoHo | built 1882

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1. 1856

   Laura Keene moves into her own new theatre at 622 Broadway, designed by John M. Trimble

   In 1856 the popular actress Laura Keene, who had lost her lease on Metropolitan Hall (also called Tripler Hall), relocated her Varieties company to a new theatre at 622 Broadway that carried her name. The playhouse, designed by architect John M. Trimble, was an earlier building on this site. In the 1860s Harry Eytinge was its stage manager, and Joseph Jefferson headlined many of Keene's productions, with music by Thomas Baker.

   “…built in 1856 to a design by architect John M. Trimble as Laura Keene's Theatre under the management of Laura Keene…”

   Source: Wikipedia

2. 1858

   Our American Cousin debuts at Laura Keene's Theatre, which stood here at 622-624 Broadway

   The comedy Our American Cousin debuted at Keene's theater in 1858. Laura Keene's Theatre stood at 622-624 Broadway, on the lot later covered by this cast-iron building, and ran through to Crosby Street. Keene reportedly managed it until 1863, and she was onstage in the same play at Ford's Theatre when Lincoln was shot in April 1865. For the 150th anniversary of that night, the Merchant's House Museum displayed a Tredwell family dress with a ticket from a performance at her theatre still in a pocket.

   Source: Village Preservation

3. 1882

   Henry Fernbach designs a double loft building with a neo-Grec cast-iron front at 622-626 Broadway

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   Jacob Rothschild had architect Henry Fernbach build this double store and loft building in 1880-82, in two stages divided by a firewall, as Broadway here turned commercial. It rises six stories, with a cast-iron neo-Grec front on Broadway and brick on Crosby Street, where it is numbered 156-158. The south section, Nos. 622-624, is six bays wide and the north section, No. 626, is four.

   “…designed by Henry Fernbach and built in 1880-82 in two stages with a firewall between the sections for Jacob Rothschild…”

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

4. 1971

   A severe fire in 1971 damages the cast-iron building at 622-626 Broadway

   Small manufacturers had filled the building well into the twentieth century when a fire severely damaged it in 1971. It was rehabilitated afterward as an office building on its upper floors. The cornices of the south section, Nos. 622-624, look to have been reworked during the repairs, on the Broadway and Crosby Street fronts alike.

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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