9 East 16th Street

also 11 East 16th Street | Union Square | built 1896

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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1896
Louis Korn designs a Sullivanesque loft building on 16th Street
Developer Martin Johnson commissioned architect Louis Korn to design this seven-story loft and store building, completed in 1896 in the Ladies' Mile shopping district. Korn's carved stone and terra-cotta ornament echoed the Sullivanesque style associated with Chicago architect Louis Sullivan, a rare example of that influence in Manhattan.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
1896
Milton Bradley and book publishers fill the new loft building
The Milton Bradley Company, maker of board games and art supplies, was among the first tenants when the building opened in 1896, sharing space with publishers Leach, Shewell & Sanborn, Merrill & Baker, and H. P. Smith Publishing. Grosset & Dunlap, founded in 1898, moved in by 1902 and published the first of its Sherlock Holmes books from the building in 1903.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
1937
The Delehanty Institute converts upper floors to classrooms
The Delehanty Institute, a school that trained candidates for civil service exams, converted the building's upper floors into classrooms and offices in 1937. The U.S. Army later used space there for Quartermaster, Corps of Engineers, and Air Force procurement offices through the 1940s and into the 1950s, before the building was converted to apartments in 1992.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

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