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ID: 33
Name: Baumann Brothers Furniture and Carpets Store
Address: 22-26 East 14th Street, between Fifth Avenue and University Place
Block and Lot: Block: 571 Lot: 14
Neighborhood: Union Square/14th Street
Date: 1880-81 (NB 931-1880)
Architect:
Original Use: Commercial
Original Owner: James McCreery
Foundry: unknown
Style: Queen Anne/Aesthetic Movement/Neo-Grec
Other Information: Built by dry goods dealer James McCreery, but leased to Baumann Brothers, dealers in furniture and carpets. D. & J. Jardine was among the most creative architectural firms active in the post-Civil War era. Other notable cast-iron buildings by the firm are 28 Howard Street (see), the old B. Altman's store on Sixth Avenue, and the Thomas Twins, on Broadway and Thomas Street. Baumann Brothers Furniture and Carpets Store is a particularly inventive facade influenced by Aesthetic Movement design.
Sources: Gayle, 102; New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, Baumann Brothers Furniture and Carpets Store.
Status Update: Designated 2008 (click to see designation report)
 
NY Metro Victorian Society of America