Irving House Hotel (surviving section)
75 Chambers Street | Tribeca | built 1848
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
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- 1847
A merchant's brick dwelling gives way to a Chambers Street wing of the Irving House hotel
The building at 75 Chambers Street replaced a brick dwelling occupied by its owner, the dry goods merchant William H. Richards. The house was cleared for the five-story building put up in 1847-48 for David Selden's Irving House hotel.
- 1847
This five-story wing was built for David Selden's Irving House, host to Jenny Lind and Kossuth
In 1847-48 a granite-faced building was put up for David Selden as part of his Irving House hotel, whose main entrance faced Broadway. The Landmarks Commission calls it the only remaining part of one of the city's most fashionable mid-nineteenth-century hotels. Guests there included the singer Jenny Lind and the Hungarian patriot Louis Kossuth.
“Among the notable guests who stayed at the Irving House were the renowned singer Jenny Lind and Hungarian patriot Louis Kossuth.”
- 1859
After the hotel closes, the wing becomes a store with a restaurant and dry goods rooms
The Irving House closed around 1859, and this section, held in separate ownership, was converted into a store and loft building. Alteration records show that in 1867 it had a restaurant on the ground story and dry goods warerooms above, and a sixth story was added in 1876. In the 1880s tenants included Hall & Co., dealers in silver-plated ware, and the hardware and cutlery importers John G. Witte & Bro.
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