77 Hudson Street

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6-story residential building completed in 1894. Designed by Martin V.B. Ferdon as a store-and-warehouse building, it has a grey cast-iron ground floor with a metal cornice. The upper floors are clad in red brick, with stone band courses above the 3rd and 5th floors. Piers separate the bays within the two 2-story subdivisions, culminating in continuous keyed stone lintels above the segmental-arched windows of the 3rd and 5th floors. Flat stone lintels cap the windows of the 2nd, 4th and 6th floors. The facade is topped by a corbelled brick cornice.

The northern elevation is visible above 81 Hudson Street. Two windows have been cut in the plain brick wall. This building was constructed for use as a warehouse and in 1899 was adapted for cold storage. In 1919 it was leased by the Merchants' Refrigerating Company, which had an extensive complex of buildings in the area. In the 1930s, the building was leased to Reisin & Stern, Inc. which operated a chain of dairy stores. In the 1940s it was occupied by several butter and egg merchants. It is currently residential, with the ground floor occupied by Zutto restaurant.