77 Greene Street
SoHo | built 1878
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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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- 1878
Henry Fernbach finishes a five-story iron-front store at 77 Greene Street for H. & S. Meinhard
Construction started on June 13, 1878, and ended on November 30 of that year. The architect was Henry Fernbach and the builder Amos Woodruff, working for H. & S. Meinhard, who are listed as the original owners. The store has three bays and an iron facade.
- 1879
The Jennings Lace Works keeps its main office at 77 Greene Street
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The LPC district report lists the Jennings Lace Works among the textile and dry-goods firms that were based in the district once large factories and stores began to rise there in 1879. The company's factory was in Brooklyn, while its main office was at 77 Greene Street. The report says the firm introduced Chantilly, Point d'Alencon and Breton lace to the United States.
“The Jennings Lace Works which had its factory in Brooklyn, kept their main office at 77 Greene Street where they introduced into this country Chantilly…”
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