Welsh and Tweddle Building

77 Hudson Street | Tribeca | built 1894

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  1. 1893

    February 16

    Jeweler Charles Welsh and William Tweddle join lots to build a warehouse at 77-79 Hudson Street

    Jeweler Charles Welsh also developed real estate, and he bought 77 Hudson Street in 1885. When his partner William Tweddle bought the neighboring three-story brick store at No. 79 from Edgar Schieffelin on February 16, 1893, the two could combine the sites. Martin V. B. Ferdon designed the six-story warehouse that replaced them.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  2. 1894

    Ferdon gives the 40-foot warehouse a corbelled Romanesque brick cornice

    The Landmarks Commission describes a six-story, forty-foot-wide building with a cast-iron base and brick upper stories grouped in two two-story sections. Stone lintels cap the third- and fifth-story windows, and a corbelled brick cornice, typical of Romanesque Revival work, finishes the facade. One historic storefront survives.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  3. 1897

    Seville Packaging Co. sells Pim-Olas olive relish from the building

    Among the early tenants was Seville Packaging Co., which brought in and packed goods from France, Spain and Morocco. It advertised an olive relish under the brand name Pim-Olas, alongside olives and olive oil. Daytonian in Manhattan notes that the firm's later label, Goya, became its main brand in the 20th century. Butter, cheese and egg merchants filled the other floors.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  4. 1899

    Warehouse is converted to cold storage for the butter, egg and cheese trade

    In 1899 the building was altered for cold storage, and in 1919 the Merchants' Refrigerating Company leased it. That company ran a large group of buildings on the next block east. In the 1930s it passed to Reisin & Stern, which ran a chain of dairy stores, and in the 1940s several butter and egg merchants occupied it.

    “This building was constructed for use as a warehouse and in 1899 was adapted for cold storage…”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  5. 1950

    March

    George F. Wagner Co. merges with June Dairy Products and leaves after nearly two decades

    George F. Wagner founded his egg, butter and cheese wholesale firm in 1905, and it leased 77-79 Hudson Street from 1931, by which time his sons Robert and Stanley were involved. It merged with the June Dairy Products Co. in March 1950, and the Welsh family sold the property that year. Atalanta Trade Corp., a cheese importer, stayed for decades afterward.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  6. 1997

    A renovation turns the dairy warehouse into lofts above a restaurant

    In 1997 the building was converted to one residential loft per floor above a restaurant. Vintage refrigeration doors from the cold-storage era survive inside some of the lofts. Daytonian in Manhattan observes that the exterior has changed little since the days of olive relish crates and cheese.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

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