87 3rd Avenue
also 207 East 12th Street, 201 East 12th Street, 209 East 12th Street | East Village | built 1930
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.
- 1870
A fire damages the Trow & Smith printing plant at 201-213 East 12th Street
A fire on June 22, 1870, causes considerable damage at 201-213 East 12th Street, according to The New York Times and the Evening Post. The occupant is Trow & Smith Printing, the firm responsible for the New York City directories. A piano factory had been at the location as early as 1862.
- 1902
Myron E. Evans designs an English Neo-Classical factory at 87 Third Avenue
In 1902, Myron E. Evans of Ballantyne & Evans designs a five-story brick and white terra-cotta building at 87 Third Avenue. It is joined with two older tenements at 89 and 91 Third Avenue, originally owned by A.C. Gale & Company. A sixth floor is likely added in the mid-1980s.
- 1902
Trow's Directory Printing leases the expanded factory
By 1902 the trustees of the Hamilton Fish Estate own the site, and they lease it to Trow's Directory Printing and Book Binding Company. The new space sits next to the company's existing factory at 201-213 East 12th Street, giving it more room to print and bind the city's directories. The company likely stays until the mid-1950s, when the Third Avenue portion is converted to apartments and shops.
- 2015
The restored printing plant buildings win a Village Award
The Manocherian Brothers restore the East 12th Street and Third Avenue buildings in 2014, working with architects Thomas Fenniman, Christopher Rome, and Karl Vinge. The project receives a 2015 Village Award for the restoration.
Further reading
- 201-213 East 12th StreetVillage Preservation: East Village Building Blocks
- 91 Third Avenue; 87-91 Third Avenue; 201-213 East 12th StreetVillage Preservation: East Village Building Blocks
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