The Sugar Loaf Building

 condominium, 1882_construction

6-story Neo-Grec residential building completed in 1882. Designed by George W. DaCunha as a warehouse. After a fire in 1895 damaged the structure, architect Thomas R. Jackson was hired to refurbish it. The Leonard Street facade is composed of a 1-story base and a five-story upper section. The base retains its green cast-iron piers, pressed-metal cornice, and paneled wood doors with transoms. The brick upper section (now painted red) projects slightly at the east side and is pierced by four window openings per floor, united by stone coursing and adorned with eared stone lintels and projecting sills. Each western opening contains a pair of narrow windows separated by a wood mullion; the two eastern openings at each floor share a sill and have a shared lintel. A green bracketed metal cornice with modillions surmounts the facade.

In 1902 Franklin Baylies was commissioned to design an extension at the northeastern corner of the lot and a new Franklin Street facade. Erected in 1902-03 and closely resembling the character of the Leonard Street facade, the Franklin Street facade (now painted red) has a slightly projecting section near its center. The 2-story base is defined by brick pilasters, with stone banding and capitals, which support a stone entablature. The bays retain their intermediate cast-iron piers at both floors and some of the first-story wood infill such as a door, bulkhead, show window, and transoms. A metal awning extends across the facade above the 1st floor. The upper section, faced in brick, is pierced by window openings with lintels, sills, and stringcourses similar to those of the Leonard Street facade. A bracketed metal cornice, different from its Leonard Street counterpart, surmounts this facade. The exposed portion of the eastern elevation is a brick wall pierced by window openings.

In the late 1900s, the building was occupied by Eagle Storage. It was converted to condominiums in 1998.