8 Jay Street

also 10 Jay Street | Tribeca | built 1896

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1896
Mason Alexander Brown Jr. builds a six-story store and office building at Jay and Staple streets
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In 1896 Alexander Brown Jr., a builder and mason, put up a six-story building on the southwest corner of Jay and Staple streets, working from plans by architect John DeHart. Five older structures were cleared for it: three frame dwellings along Jay Street, plus a pair of brick commercial buildings on Staple Street. The building runs about fifty feet along Jay and eighty-nine along Staple.
“Built in 1896 for Alexander Brown, Jr., a builder and mason who also constructed the building, it was designed by architect John DeHart…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1950
A fruit market, then a nut-roasting factory, occupies 8-12 Jay Street
Early in the twentieth century the building at 8-12 Jay Street served as a fruit market, with offices and storage on the floors above. By about mid-century a nut-roasting factory had taken it over. At the time of the district report it was commercial at street level and residential above.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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