Fleming Smith Warehouse
- Architect
- Stephen Decatur Hatch
- Year
- 1891
- Style
- Romanesque Revival
- City
- Manhattan, NY
The Fleming Smith Warehouse at 451-453 Washington Street in Tribeca is a six-story building designed by Stephen Decatur Hatch, combining Romanesque Revival and neo-Flemish elements. It was commissioned in 1891 by Fleming Smith, who had previously hired Hatch to design another warehouse in the area. In the 1970s it became one of Tribeca's first commercial structures converted into apartments.
the building
Rusticated stone and gabled roof. The facade is clad in rusticated blocks of sandstone with brick elsewhere, topped by an ornate gabled roof, giving the warehouse its Romanesque Revival and neo-Flemish character.
the style
Hatch combined Romanesque Revival and neo-Flemish elements, visible in the rusticated sandstone base and ornate gables.
More on Romanesque Revivalthe architect
Stephen Decatur Hatch designed the building for Fleming Smith, having previously designed another warehouse for Smith in the same area.
significance
The warehouse is a New York City Individual Landmark (LP-00987), designated 3/14/1978, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Capsouto family renovated its ground floor into a restaurant, which after closing in 2012 became a Chinese restaurant and then a social club.
nearby
- Urban Glass House
- Holland Plaza Building
- 34 Dominick Street House
- St. John's Chapel
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- Gideon Tucker House