863 Broadway

 1840s construction, commercial building

4-story Italianate mercantile building completed in 1842 as a rowhouse. It is clad in red brick above a black metal and glass storefront, replacing the one which was originally installed in 1885. Above, each floor has three square-headed window openings with simple stone lintels and sills. The 2nd-floor windows are elongated, typical of the domestic parlor floor. The facade is capped by a bracketed black iron roof cornice.

The building was converted to use as a boardinghouse in the 1860s, and by the next decade was used commercially with a ground-floor storefront. In 1885, the building was occupied by Huyler's, a confectioner and importer of novelties which occupied the building for over twenty-five years. Huyler's began as a pushcart business and grew into one of the greatest candy manufacturers in America. The shop at 863 Broadway was the company's first location; it was well-known for its red window shades and sign reading "candy fresh every hour." In 1949 the former candy store was renovated for a restaurant. A renovation completed in 2009 resulted in a commercial space at ground level (for True Religion jeans) and two apartments above--a duplex and a triplex. The ground floor is now occupied by Happy Socks.

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