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70 Reade Street | also 72 Reade Street, 112 Duane Street | Tribeca | built 1857

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  1. 1830

    A stable stands at 112 Duane Street in the 1830s, before the Reade Street warehouse

    In the 1830s the Duane Street block between Broadway and Church Street mixed a brewery at No. 104 with dwellings and a stable at No. 112. That stable stood on the lot later covered by the through-block warehouse at 70-72 Reade Street and 112-114 Duane Street. The warehouse replaced four dwellings with shops and rear light-manufacturing buildings when it went up in 1856-57.

    “…on the block between Broadway and Church Street there was a brewery at No. 104, a stable at No. 112, a number of dwellings…”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  2. 1856

    William Bliss builds the through-block store at 70-72 Reade Street, and partner Charles Douglas buys in

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    William M. Bliss, who was in the dry goods wholesale business as a partner in Bliss, Douglas & Wheelock, had 70-72 Reade Street built in 1856-57 as an investment, running through the block to 112-114 Duane Street. On its completion he sold a half interest to his partner Charles Douglas. The architect was Samuel A. Warner, known for large dry goods stores, and the cast iron came from the Architectural Iron Works.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  3. 1857

    Two textile importers take the original stores at 70 and 72 Reade Street

    The building was first divided into two stores. Robbins, Royce & Hard, a dry goods importer, leased No. 70, and Loeschigk, Wesendonck & Co., an importer of German textiles, took No. 72. In the 1880s and 1890s the tenants included boot and shoe wholesalers, rubber goods dealers, a paper box factory and a perfume showroom with its factory. From the early 1900s into the 1940s, John Boyle & Co., a cotton duck manufacturer, had its offices and factory here.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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