94 Reade Street
Tribeca | built 1861
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
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- 1860
Glass engraver Joseph Stouvenel builds 94 Reade Street as an investment
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Glass cutter and engraver Joseph Stouvenel, who headed J. Stouvenel & Co., had 94 Reade Street built in 1860-61 as an investment property. Two brick dwellings, one in front and one behind, were torn down for it. Among its first tenants were Bradley & Hewson, dealers in belts. Later occupants included a wool broker in the 1880s, wholesale shoe merchants and tool makers.
“…constructed as an investment property in 1860-61 for Joseph Stouvenel, president of J. Stouvenel & Co., glass cutters and engravers.”
- 1860
94 Reade Street is an unusually early commercial example of the neo-Grec style
The limestone front of 94 Reade Street uses straight-lined, stylized classical forms that the Landmarks Preservation Commission calls a rare early example of neo-Grec design in New York commercial architecture. The second-story windows have segmental heads with notched springers repeated on the floors above, and the pilasters carry recessed panels and rondels. The original cast-iron storefront framing survives at street level.
- 1935
Blueprint maker Charles Bruning Co. leases the upper floors of 94 Reade Street
Around the mid-1930s the Charles Bruning Co., a maker of blueprint and special papers, rented the upper floors of 94 Reade Street. The firm also had space at 96-102 and 104 Reade Street. Openings joined the upper floors of Nos. 94 and 96-102 in 1943, and they were sealed in 1961 after the company moved elsewhere.
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