85 South Street

Financial District | built 1902

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1. 1902

   Maximilian Morgenthau builds an eight-story tobacco warehouse at 85 South Street

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   In 1902 the architect G. Curtis Gillespie designed an eight-story Romanesque Revival warehouse at 84-85 South Street for Maximilian Morgenthau. It was meant for storing tobacco and other non-hazardous goods, and Morgenthau leased it to Colson Hamilton and James M. Congalton. The ground-floor storefront has since been modernized.

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

2. 1902

   Thin brick prows and terra-cotta turrets flank the Romanesque facade

   The facade of 85 South Street rises from a rough-faced stone base in buff brick trimmed with dark red brick and terra cotta. Round-arched windows on the lower floors echo the Romanesque style, and paired narrow arches crown the top story. Its most unusual features are slender prow-shaped brick forms running nearly the full height on either side, topped by terra-cotta turrets with swirling ornament close to Art Nouveau.

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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