79 Franklin Street
Tribeca | built 1815
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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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- 1815
Merchant tailor James McBrair builds a two-and-a-half-story brick house at 79 Franklin Street
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James McBrair, a merchant tailor, had the house built in 1814-15 as a brick building 18 feet wide and 42 feet deep, with two and a half stories and a three-bay front. The Landmarks Preservation Commission thinks it was probably the first substantial structure on the lot. The third story was added, probably in 1845, while McBrair still owned the property.
“Originally constructed in 1814-15 for James McBrair, a merchant tailor…”
- 1869
Perry & Kellogg, importers of ribbons, laces and buttons, occupy 79 Franklin Street in 1869
In 1869 the building was occupied by Perry & Kellogg, which imported and jobbed ribbons, trimmings, laces, buttons and white goods. Around 1900 a restaurant also had the first floor, and the Strath Linen Company later owned the building and used it for storage, a showroom and offices.
“In 1869 this building was occupied by the Perry & Kellogg company, importers and jobbers of ribbons, trimmings, laces, buttons, and white goods.”
- 1893
The old house is stretched to the full depth of its lot under beer merchant Carl Rommelbacher
The 1815 house, 42 feet deep as built, was later extended to cover its entire 75-foot lot, possibly in 1893, while the beer merchant Carl Rommelbacher owned it. The storefront was replaced in 1930, when the Strath Co. owned the building and hired architect Sidney Daub, and altered again in 1966; the wall above it has since been stuccoed.
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