93 Franklin Street

also 95 Franklin Street | Tribeca | built 1866

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  1. 1862

    September 3

    Ad seeks draftsmen at 93 Franklin Street, home of Monitor designer John Ericsson, to draw ironclad steamers

    An earlier Federal-style house stood on this lot, and in the Civil War years the Swedish-born engineer John Ericsson lived there, most likely as a tenant. After the Monitor's showing at Hampton Roads in March 1862, his workload grew, and on September 3 the New York Herald carried an ad seeking draftsmen for drawings of iron-clad steamers at this address. He bought a house on Beach Street in 1864, the year this one was torn down.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  2. 1866

    William Watson replaces a Federal house and its neighbor with a limestone-fronted Italian palazzo loft

    William Watson demolished the buildings at 93 and 95 Franklin Street in 1864 and built a loft building styled like an Italian palazzo. It had a cast-iron storefront with Corinthian columns, tall windows in molded frames, quoins up the side and a bracketed cornice. The dry goods wholesaler Davis, Rhodes & Co. moved in before construction was done.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  3. 1894

    October 12

    Cashier at Fenton, Cooper & Co. is arrested after $53,000 disappears

    Frederick Hazleton ran the New York office of the Belfast linen maker Fenton, Cooper & Co., and his bookkeeper John Emison held power of attorney to sign checks. Returning from a trip on October 12, 1894, Hazleton expected $50,000 to $60,000 in the bank but found $4,000, and had Emison arrested. The shortage came to $53,000, reportedly lost speculating on Wall Street.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  4. 1908

    Tim & Company introduces the Ti-Easy collar from 93-95 Franklin Street

    Tim & Company, dealers in shirts and men's and women's collars and cuffs, was a tenant in the building. In 1908 it brought out a new collar style, the Ti-Easy. Collars buttoned onto the shirt, so neckties often snagged on the buttons, and in this design a cloth band kept them separate from the tie.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  5. 1913

    June 24

    Three-alarm fire guts 93-95 Franklin Street and leaves only its walls standing

    A three-alarm fire began on the third floor at 6:15 p.m. on June 24, 1913, trapping several workers who fled across the roofs. Firefighters were nearly killed on a fire escape by a back draft, and the blaze spread to five nearby buildings. Only the walls survived. Architect Robert Teichman was hired to salvage the shell, and Cohn, Marx & Co. leased the shortened building.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

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