Hallahan Building

9 Barrow Street | also 11 Barrow Street, 190 West 4th Street, 186 West 4th Street | West Village | built 1897

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Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

  1. 1866

    A Galway-born blacksmith's horseshoeing shop stands on the lot before the loft

    Michael Hallanan came to the Village from Galway in the 1860s and opened a horseshoe shop on Barrow Street. His 1926 obituary in the New York Times said the later loft covers the plot where he had his original shop 60 years earlier. He invented a rubber horseshoe pad that kept horses from slipping, which won praise from the new Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and earned the profits he put into nearby real estate.

    Source: Ephemeral New York

  2. 1897

    The blacksmith's loft rises, marked with his initials and his horseshoe

    The Hallanan Building went up in 1897 on the site of Michael Hallanan's first shop. Its facade carries "MH" insignias below the fourth floor, and the name Hallanan Building appears in green letters at the top. On the West 4th Street side, a large bas-relief shows his patented horseshoe along with its patent number.

    Source: Ephemeral New York

  3. 1909

    The loft grows in stages to eight stories, reaching No. 13 Barrow Street

    The yellow-brick loft on the corner of Barrow Street and West 4th Street was built in pieces for the Hallahan family between 1897 and 1911. Charles Rentz designed the first part at the corner in 1897. John P. Voelker designed the next three additions on both sides, including a large one in 1909 that stretched the building to include No. 13 Barrow Street.

    “The first portion was built in 1897 at the corner of West Fourth Street and was designed by Charles Rentz, architect.”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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