99 Spring Street

SoHo | built 1871

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.

1871
November 28
Charles Knox has a six-story hotel built at 99 Spring Street
The landmark survey lists 99 Spring Street as a hotel, finished in November 1871 for owner Charles Knox. J. & D. Jardine were the architects and John Sinclair the builder. The six-story brick building has three bays, a cast-iron storefront, and two panels of stained glass over the entrance and display windows.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1871
Iron lintels and stained glass give 99 Spring Street an unusually ornate front
The landmark report singles out 99 Spring Street for its unusual iron ornament. Each upper window has an iron lintel decorated with spiral molding and foliage, and the cast-iron storefront has stained-glass panels over the door and show windows. According to the report, this elaborate iron detail lifts a front that would otherwise be a plain brick facade.
“The intricacy of the ironwork does much to enhance what would otherwise be a very ordinary brick facade.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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