11 Harrison Street

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7-story Renaissance-revival residential building completed in 1893. Designed by Thomas R. Jackson as a store-and-loft building, it has broad, light-grey cast-iron piers at the ground floor. The upper floors are clad in tan brick. Superposed end piers, each rising for three stories, frame the facade above the base. The spandrel between the 2nd & 3rd floors displays foliate designs typical of the Renaissance Revival style, while that between the 5th & 6th floors is composed of corbelled brick. Rough-cut stone sill and lintel courses articulate each story and the entire composition is crowned by a round-arched arcade at the top floor. A brick parapet with patterned panels finishes the composition.

The building was originally used for the storage of produce and groceries. It was later equipped for cold storage and leased, and then purchased by the Merchants' Refrigerating Company. Later in the 20th century, as with so many others in the district, was used for the storage of dairy products. It was converted to residential use in the 1980s.