121 Chambers Street (New York City, New York) | condominium

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5-story Italianate residential building completed in 1861 as a store-and-loft building. It extends through the block from Chambers to Reade Street. Faced in sandstone above the first story, the building has three bays of windows per story on both Chambers and Reade Streets. On Chambers Street each story is treated with a slightly different decorative treatment. Round-arched window openings are employed at the second story; segmental-arched openings are used at the third through fifth stories. The openings are enriched by molded surrounds and all but those at the top story have scrolled keystones. Cornices and sill courses are used to divide the stories. A triangular pediment tops the center window on the 2nd floor. The ground floor is occupied by Manhattan Beauty Supply.

The building's Reade Street facade, also of sandstone, is treated as one section of a tripartite composition, matching the western three bays of the adjoining double facade at 105-107 Reade Street. As on Chambers Street, round-arched window openings are employed at the second story and segmental-arched openings at the third through fifth stories stories, all with molded surrounds. Scrolled keystones are employed at the second story and at the center bay of the third story. Pilasters frame the edges of the facade and cornices separate the stories; that at the second story has dentils.

By the 1920s the upper floors were occupied by a wholesaler of luggage and handbags while the first floor was leased to the Goldgrube restaurant which remained a tenant through the 1950s. The ground floor is now occupied by Tribeca Upholstery and Draperies.