68 Thomas Street

Tribeca | built 1866

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1. 1866

   John Martin Jr. puts up a five-story dry goods store at 68 Thomas Street

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   In 1866 John Martin Jr., a dry goods wholesaler who was already leasing the neighboring store at 66 Thomas Street, built a new five-story store next door. Architect Samuel A. Warner, a specialist in big dry goods emporiums who also worked for H. B. Claflin & Co., gave it an early Romanesque Revival front. The Landmarks Preservation Commission says the style was probably chosen to harmonize with the Gothic Revival building Martin leased at No. 66.

   “Constructed in 1866 for dry goods wholesaler John Martin, Jr., the building was designed in the early Romanesque Revival style, presumably to harmonize with the adjacent Gothic Revival building…”

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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