Textile Building

66 Leonard Street | also 241 Church Street | Tribeca | built 1901

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  1. 1900

    Frederick Vietor & Achelis, dry goods importers, hold the lot before the Importers' Building

    Before the current building rose at Church and Leonard Streets, the site held the headquarters of Frederick Vietor & Achelis, a firm of dry goods importers and merchants. That earlier building was replaced by the Importers' Building, constructed in 1900-01.

    “Previously on this site was the headquarters of Frederick Vietor & Achelis, dry goods importers and merchants.”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  2. 1901

    Henry Hardenbergh designs the Importers' Building for 239-245 Church Street

    The twelve-story steel-frame office building was built in 1900-01 by the George A. Fuller Company for the Importer's Building Company. Henry J. Hardenbergh, better known for luxury hotels and apartment houses, designed it in a neo-Renaissance style, with brick and terra cotta above a two-story stone base. It occupies about 125 feet on Church Street and 100 feet on Leonard Street.

    “…constructed in 1900-01 for the Importer's Building Company and was designed by Henry J. Hardenbergh, an architect known for his luxury hotel and apartment house designs…”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  3. 1901

    The Importers' Building architect Henry Hardenbergh is also the designer of the Dakota and the Plaza

    Henry J. Hardenbergh (1847-1918) trained under Detlef Lienau and opened his own practice in 1870. Besides this Tribeca office building he designed the Dakota apartments (1880), the Plaza Hotel (1905) and the first Waldorf-Astoria, as well as the Willard in Washington. He also helped found the Municipal Art Society and led the Architectural League in 1901-02.

    “The Plaza Hotel (1905), the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (predecessor of the current hotel by that name, demolished 1929), and the Dakota Apartments (1880)…”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  4. 1901

    Dry goods firms take offices and showrooms in the Importers' Building

    Offices and showrooms of dry goods firms have typically filled the building. Among the tenants the Landmarks Preservation Commission names are Jacob Hay & Sons of Easton, Pennsylvania, and A. Kralik & Company of Detroit.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  5. 1992

    December 8

    The Tribeca East Historic District, including the Textile Building, is designated

    The Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the Tribeca East Historic District on December 8, 1992. Within its boundaries sits the Textile Building, once called the Importers' Building, which stands at 66 Leonard Street and 239-245 Church Street.

    Source: Wikipedia

  6. 1999

    Developer Yitzchak Tessler converts the Textile Building into 47 condominiums

    In 1999 developer Yitzchak Tessler turned the former office building into 47 condominiums, to designs by Karl Fischer and Alan Ritchie, and added a duplex penthouse. Jay Valgora of the Walker Group/CNI designed the common areas.

    “…converted from office space into 47 condominiums in 1999 by developer Yitzchak Tessler to designs by Karl Fischer and Alan Ritchie…”

    Source: Wikipedia

  7. 2001

    April

    Chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten buys a Textile Building apartment

    The chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten purchased an apartment there in April 2001, paying $2.62 million. In 2004 he sold it to the Japanese pop star Hiromi Go for roughly $3.25 million.

    “Chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten bought an apartment in the building in April 2001 for $2.62 million, which he then sold in 2004…”

    Source: Wikipedia

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