74 Broad Street

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6-story Neo-Classical office building originally dating from the 1800s. Its current appearance is from 1925, when the firm of Walker & Gillette replaced the 1st and 2nd-story walls with stone ashlar, and finished the brickwork in the upper floors in "imitation stone 3/4" thick plastered on brick". The mansard roof was likely added at this time.

The 2-story base of Broad Street is organized with double-height Corinthian piers supporting an entablature. The 3rd & 4th floors are four bays wide, each bay with a single square-headed window. There is a plain recessed panel below each 3rd-story window, and an ornamental recessed panel below each 4th-story window. A modest band course sets off the 5th floor, with simple square-headed windows, above which rises a metal cornice and the mansard roof with three large windows.

On the Marketfield Street elevation the 2-story base with Corinthian piers turns the corner from Broad Street, extending just one bay deep. The remaining bays of the two lower floors are organized with simple windows on each floor. A band course sets off the first two floors from the upper stories. The upper part of the Marketfield elevation is similar to the Broad Street elevation, but there are seven bays, and a section of blank wall at the far end with a secondary entrance. The south elevation is completely undeveloped. The ground floor is occupied by Flavors restaurant.