SOHO-CAST IRON HISTORIC DISTRICT EXTENSION Designation Report May 11, 2010 Cover Photograph: 386-388 to 392-394 West Broadway Christopher D. Brazee, 2010 SOHO-CAST IRON HISTORIC DISTRICT EXTENSION Designation Report Prepared by Donald G. Presa Edited by Mary Beth Betts Director of Research Photographs by Christopher D. Brazee and Donald G. Presa Map by Jennifer L. Most Commissioners Robert B. Tierney, Chair Pablo E. Vengoechea, Vice-Chair Frederick Bland Christopher Moore Stephen F. Byrns Margery Perlmutter Diana Chapin Elizabeth Ryan Joan Gerner Roberta Washington Roberta Brandes Gratz Kate Daly, Executive Director Mark Silberman, Counsel Sarah Carroll, Director of Preservation TABLE OF CONTENTS SOHO-CAST IRON HISTORIC DISTRICT EXTENSION MAP .................................................1 TESTIMONY AT THE PUBLIC HEARING .................................................................................2 BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION ........................................................................................................2 SUMMARY .....................................................................................................................................5 THE HISTORIC AND ARCHITECTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOHO-CAST IRON HISTORIC DISTRICT EXTENSION Early History and Colonial Development of the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District Extension..............................................................................................................................7 SoHo in the post-Revolutionary War Period through 1850 .................................................9 The Second Half of the Nineteenth Century ......................................................................12 SoHo in the Early and Mid-Twentieth Century .................................................................17 Changes in Occupancy in the Twentieth Century ..............................................................19 The Early Twenty-first Century .........................................................................................21 FINDINGS AND DESIGNATION ...............................................................................................22 BUILDING ENTRIES Broadway, Nos. 418 to 432................................................................................................25 Broome Street, Nos. 403 to 409 .........................................................................................28 Broome Street, Nos. 406 to 412 .........................................................................................30 Broome Street, Nos. 413 to 427 .........................................................................................31 Broome Street, Nos. 416 to 430 .........................................................................................35 Broome Street, Nos. 503 to 505 .........................................................................................41 Broome Street, Nos. 504 to 506 .........................................................................................42 Canal Street, Nos. 255 to 289 ............................................................................................42 Centre Street, Nos. 227 to 257 ...........................................................................................49 Cleveland Place, Nos. 2 to 8 ..............................................................................................55 Crosby Street, Nos. 1 to 21 ................................................................................................55 Crosby Street, Nos. 23 to 39 ..............................................................................................56 Crosby Street, Nos. 41 to 73 ..............................................................................................59 Crosby Street, Nos. 75 to 105 ............................................................................................67 Crosby Street, Nos. 107 to 127 ..........................................................................................75 Crosby Street, Nos. 129 to 139 ..........................................................................................76 East Houston Street, Nos. 21 to 29 ....................................................................................77 Grand Street, Nos. 133 to 151 ............................................................................................77 Grand Street, Nos. 134 to 148 ............................................................................................84 Grand Street, Nos. 154 to 162 ............................................................................................86 Howard Street, Nos. 19 to 41 .............................................................................................87 Howard Street, Nos. 22 to 28 .............................................................................................93 Jersey Street, Nos. 1 to 5 ....................................................................................................95 Jersey Street, Nos. 2 to 6 ....................................................................................................95 Kenmare Street, Nos. 106 to 118 .......................................................................................95 Lafayette Street, Nos. 158 to 164.......................................................................................95 Lafayette Street, Nos. 166 to 192.......................................................................................97 Lafayette Street, Nos. 167 to 193.....................................................................................101 Lafayette Street, Nos. 194 to 202.....................................................................................105 Lafayette Street, Nos. 195 to 205.....................................................................................105 Lafayette Street, Nos. 232 to 264.....................................................................................106 Lafayette Street, Nos. 268 to 290.....................................................................................111 Lafayette Street, Nos. 292 to 308.....................................................................................113 Prince Street, Nos. 62 to 70 .............................................................................................117 Prince Street, Nos. 63 to 67 .............................................................................................118 Prince Street, Nos. 150 to 154 .........................................................................................118 Prince Street, Nos. 151 to 157 .........................................................................................119 Spring Street, Nos. 63 to 77 .............................................................................................121 Spring Street, Nos. 72 to 78 .............................................................................................125 Spring Street, Nos. 165 to 169 .........................................................................................126 Spring Street, Nos. 166 to 168 .........................................................................................127 Thompson Street, Nos. 94 to104 .....................................................................................127 Thompson Street, Nos. 136 to 150 ..................................................................................128 Watts Street, Nos. 1 to 3 ..................................................................................................128 West Broadway, Nos. 362 to 368 ....................................................................................128 West Broadway, Nos. 372 to 404 ....................................................................................130 West Broadway, Nos. 408 to 442 ....................................................................................140 West Broadway, Nos. 448 to 482 ....................................................................................149 West Houston Street, Nos. 89 to 91 .................................................................................159 ARCHITECTS’ AND BUILDERS’ APPENDIX .......................................................................160 ILLUSTRATIONS ............................................................................................Following page 185 Noho Historic District 9 7 3 28 W 3 St 21 Great Jones St t l S y A a e e t t w n e d o y a b a o n f i r a h B L S 20 17 Bond St 51 NoHo East Historic District Bleecker St NoHo Historic District SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District Extension NoHo Historic SoHo-Cast Iron B o ict w Distr 9 Historic District Extension 2 e 8 r 0 1 21 y 3 3 MacDougal-Sullivan W Houston St 9 Borough of Manhattan, NY Gardens Historic District 91 89 LaB ndmarks Preservation Commission 2 8 o 4 1 w 5 0 e 1 5 2 r 6 y Calendared: June 23, 2009 1 Public Hearing: October 27, 2009 3 6 SoHo-Cast Iron Designated: May 11, 2010 Charlton-King-Vandam Historic District Historic District Boundary of Existing Districts 67 63 157 151 St 70 62 154 150 Prince Boundary of District Extension t t W SS M n M Tax Map Lots, District Extension 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