123 Chambers Street (New York City, New York)

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7-story Italianate residential building completed in 1858 as a store-and-loft building. Faced in sandstone above the first story, the building has three bays of window openings at each story. The segmental-arched window openings at the second through fifth stories have molded surrounds. Projecting sill courses divide the stories. The attic story has a horizontal window openings. Set just below the roofline, these openings penetrate the frieze of facade's crowning entablature. The original stone terminal cornice with modillions remains intact.

The present building was erected as a speculative investment in response to the burgeoning growth of the dry goods trade in the Tribeca area. In the 1870s the building was occupied by the Alden Fruit Preserving Co.; in the1880s the tenants included Davenport & Co. and the George Place Machinery Agency. Subsequent lessees included a drug and chemical company, a metal plating firm, and tilers. The upper floors are now residential, and the ground floor is occupied by Tribeca Dental Club.