7 Great Jones Street

NoHo | built 1898

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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

1898
Iron contractor Leopold Treu has Louis Korn design an eight-story store building at 7 Great Jones Street
Louis Korn designed the eight-story building, finished in 1897-98 for Leopold R. Treu. Treu was a builder and structural iron contractor who mostly built on speculation. It went up when many of the older brick houses on Great Jones Street were being replaced by taller commercial buildings.
“…designed by Louis Korn and built in 1897-98 for Leopold Treu... Treu was a builder and structural iron contractor who built mainly on speculation.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1963
7 Great Jones Street is still a factory in 1963 and now holds residential lofts
The building at 7 Great Jones Street had been occupied as a factory until at least 1963, according to the city's district report. Its floors above the ground level now contain residential lofts.
“The building remained occupied as a factory until at least 1963. It now contains residential lofts above the first floor.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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