97 Sullivan Street

SoHo | built 1908

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.

1901
George Butz, a former head draftsman, opens his own practice designing tenements and brewery buildings
Little is recorded about George Butz. From 1899 to 1901 he was head draftsman for the architect Lewis Oberlin, then opened his own office, where he designed tenements and brewery complexes in Manhattan and the Bronx. His only work in the Sullivan-Thompson Historic District is the tenement at 97 Sullivan Street, built in 1908.
“…he was head draftsman for architect Lewis Oberlin before opening his own practice…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1908
George Butz gives 97 Sullivan Street a brewery-style brick front, built for H. P. Skelly
Built in 1908 for H. P. Skelly, this five-story new-law tenement has buff brick walls set with angled soldier courses. Window arches combine red-orange brick with rough-faced stone. The landmarks report says architect George Butz, who mostly designed industrial and brewery buildings, borrowed the corbelling and contrasting textures of German-American breweries for the facade.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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