Tribeca Court

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6-story Italianate residential building completed in 1860. Designed by John B. Snook as two adjoining buildings for prominent dry goods merchant A.T. Stewart. Faced in marble (now painted), the facade above the first story has twelve bays of segmental-arched molded window openings per story. Flanking quoins and center quoins, which marked the original division between the two buildings, a cornice at the second story, and stone sills further enhance the design. Remnants of cornices crowning each half of the building are extant. The cornices were mostly removed when the top story was raised in 1987. The original cast-iron storefront framing at the first story, consisting of fluted Corinthian columns supporting an entablature, is remarkably well preserved.

In 1943, openings were cut to join the upper floors with those of neighboring 94 Reade Street, but were closed again in 1961. From the 1880s through the 1960s the building contained businesses associated with printing and the manufacture of paper products. The building currently has retail on the ground floor, with residential above. The ground floor is occupied by Gymboree.