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Meatpacking District, Manhattan

Commercial Tenants

New England Biscuit Works (1889); E[lmer]. S. Burnham & Co.1 E.S. Burnham Paclng Co., canned goods, druggist sundries (1889-1929); Holmes & Scott, produce (1889); C.D. Bos & Son, crackers/ship biscuits (1902); A. Bohrer & Co., fruit (1929-36); James Fancelli, produce (1929-50); Otto J. Stumpp, seeds (1929-42); Eastern Products Co.1 General Desserts Corp.1 Jersey Belle Food Products Co. (1933-36); William D'Angelo/ Willy's Express (1950); Schmidt's Motor Express (1950); Ronald T. Calvin, meat (1955); Plymouth Beef Co. (1955); Verona Packing, Inc. (1955); Temple Packing Co., meat (1955-70); Western Window Cleaning Co. (1955-59); A. Michaud Co., meat (1959); Edward Seh, Jr., meat (1959); Ben Squires, Inc. (1959); A.G. Savetz Co., meat/poultry (1950); National Purveyor Co., meat (1965); L&S Flanks, meat (1965); James E. Reardon, Inc. (1965); R. Friend & Co. (1970-86); Budget Movers (1970); West Allen Tarwater (1970); Rubin & Schoener, Inc. (1970-75); Knapp Meat Supply, Inc. (1975);

Yama Seafood Co. (1980); Nishimaru, Inc. (1980); Slowik Meat Co. (1980); Rimi Packing Co. (1980); Hughie Wholesale Meats, Inc. (1980); Village Wholesale Meat Corp. (1986-93); Direct Market Transporting (1986); Sal DiFlore, meat (1993); Gotham Seafood Corp. (1993); Hell, club (1999-2003)
History

For nearly a century, from 1847 to 1942, this property belonged to the prominent Goelet family, which held extensive real estate in Manhattan, including 402-408 West 14th Street [see]. This parcel passed in 1849 from Peter Goelet (1800-1879) to Robert Goelet (1809-1879); in 1881 to Robert Goelet (1 841-1 899) and Ogden Goelet (1 846-1897) by partition deed; and, after their deaths, to Robert Walton Goelet (1880-1941) and Anne Marie Guestier Goelet. This building was constructed in 1887, at the time of the widening of Gansevoort Street.

Its unusual shape, an acute triangle, comes from the odd plan of the lot. Architect Joseph M. Dunn executed a number of commissions for the Goelets during his career. Builder-contractor Michael Reid (c. 1832-191 8) later formed the M. Reid Co. which constructed the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, one of the Metropolitan Museum of Art additions, and eleven Carnegie libraries. Reid also built 823-829 Washington Street [see] in 1880. E.S. Burnham & Co.1 E.S. Burnham Packing Co., canned goods and, later, druggist sundries, remained in this location until around 1929. Elmer S. Burnham (c. 1854-1941), born in Michigan, began as a grain broker in Chicago prior to establishing his packing business. Among Burnham's products were clam chowder and clam bouillon.

From 1905 to 1929, the E.S. Burnham Packing Co. operated a clam cannery on Marco Island, Florida. Painted signs still existing on this building advertise Burnham and other tenants. A painted sign at the upper portion of the western wall advertises "BURNHAM'S CLAM CHOWDER" superimposed with "BEET WINE." "NEW ENGLAND BISCUIT WORK" appears above the second story, and Burnham's "CLAM CHOWDER" and "CLAMBOUILLON" are painted above the fourth story, of the Gansevoort Street facade. Tenants in the 1920s-40s included A. Bohrer & Co., fruit; James Fancelli, produce, and Otto J. Stumpp, seeds. Many of the tenants after the mid-1950s were meatpackers. Photographer Berenice Abbott photographed this building as part of her work Changing New York in 1936.

This imposing vernacular style building, which is largely intact, contributes to the historically-mixed architectural character and varied uses - including market-related functions - of the Gansevoort Market Historic District. Constructed in 1887, during one of the major phases of development of the area, when buildings were constructed for produce- and food-related businesses, the building further contributes to the visual cohesion of the district through its brick and stone facades, metal canopy, cast-iron storefronts, and the fact that it is one of seven buildings in the district designed by architect Joseph M. Dunn.

----About the district----

The Gansevoort Market Historic District - consisting of 104 buildings - is distinctive for its architectural character which reflects the area's long history of continuous, varied use as a place of dwelling, industry, and commerce, particularly as a marketplace, and its urban layout. The buildings, most dating from the 1840s through the 1940s, represent four major phases of development, and include both purpose-built structures, designed in then-fashionable styles, and those later adapted for market use. The architecture of the district tells the story of an important era in New York City's history when it became the financial center of the country and when its markets were expanding to serve the metropolitan region and beyond. Visual cohesion is provided to the streetscapes by the predominance of brick as a facade material; the one- to six-story

Meatpacking District, Gansevoort Market Historic District, Manhattan

From 1837, when they were acquired from John Jacob Astor I, until 1943, these properties were owned by Astor colleague John Gottlieb Mathias Wendel and his wife, nee Elizabeth Astor (sister of John Jacob I), their descendants, and the Wendel Foundation.

These buildings were constructed as rowhouses c. 1849 by James Conknght, who was listed as paying the taxes. James Conknght & Son operated a turpentine distillery nearby on Little West 12th Street, prior to 1852.

The 1851 Doggett's New York City Street Directory lists A.S. Crosby, Aaron Marsh, and Patrick Dunn, liquor dealer, as residents of Nos. 3-7. In 1887, when Gansevoort Street was widened, No. 3 was reduced in width by one bay on the south end, and received a storefront. By the 1890 census, No. 3 was still a single-family residence (Fred Hanefel), while the other two buildings were multiple dwellings. Felix Larlun and his family lived in No. 7, where he had operated a saloon since 1873. No. 7 was converted into a hotel in 1897.

There have been several fruit and produce businesses, as well as restaurants and others commercial uses, located here. Since 1943, these buildings and 8-12 and 14-20 Little West 12th Street and 51 Gansevoort Street have
been in common ownership.

These altered Greek Revival style rowhouses, which still have significant portions of their historic fabric, contribute to the historically-mixed architectural character and varied use -including residences and market-related functions -- of the Gansevoort Market Historic District. The buildings
were originally constructed c. 1849, during the first major phase of development, when parts of the area were being developed with residences.

They were altered in the late-19th century, when buildings in the district were constructed for produce-related businesses and other market uses.

----About the district----

The Gansevoort Market Historic District - consisting of 104 buildings - is distinctive for its architectural character which reflects the area's long history of continuous, varied use as a place of dwelling, industry, and commerce, particularly as a marketplace, and its urban layout. The buildings, most dating from the 1840s through the 1940s, represent four major phases of development, and include both purpose-built structures, designed in then-fashionable styles, and those later adapted for market use.

The architecture of the district tells the story of an important era in New York City's history when it became the financial center of the country and when its markets were expanding to serve the metropolitan region and beyond. Visual cohesion is provided to the streetscapes by the predominance of brick as a facade material; the one- to six-story scale; the presence of buildings designed by the same architects, a number of them prominent, including specialists in market-related structures; the existence of metal canopies originally installed for market purposes; and the Belgian block paving still visible on most streets.

The street layout is shaped by the transition between the irregular pattern of northwestern Greenwich Village (as far north as Gansevoort Street) and the grid of the 1811 Commissioner's Plan. Unusually large and open intersections contribute to the area's unique quality, particularly where Ninth Avenue meets West 14'~S treet and Gansevoort Street (which was widened in l887), and provide sweeping vistas that showcase the unusual building typology and mixed-use quality of the district. Aside from Tribeca, the Gansevoort Market Historic District is the only remaining marketplace district that served the once-flourishing Hudson River commercial waterfront.

The earliest buildings in the historic district date from the period between 1840 and 1854, most built as rowhouses and town houses, several of which soon became very early working-class tenements (all eventually had stores on the ground floor). The area's early mixed use, however, is evident in the rare surviving early factory building (c. 1849-60), on a flatiron-shaped lot, for Col. Silas C. Herring, a nationally significant manufacturer of safes and locks, at 669-685 Hudson Street.

This mixed use, consisting of single-family houses, multiple dwellings, and industry was unusual for the period. The stretch of Ninth Avenue between Gansevoort and West 15' Streets, albeit altered and interrupted with later additions, offers the vista of a distinctive Manhattan streetscape featuring twenty buildings of the 1840s: the rowhouses at Nos. 3-7 (c. 1849) and Nos. 21-27 (c. 1844-46), the Herring factory, and culminating in the rare, picturesque ensemble of twelve rowhouses and town houses, Nos. 44-60 Ninth Avenue and 351-355 West 14th Street (c. 1841-46), at the wide, angled intersection with Hudson and West 14" Streets. Another business from this period was the woodworking factory of the prominent building firm of James C. Hoe & C