77 Chambers Street (New York City, New York)

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5-story Italianate residential building completed in 1848 for David Selden as a part of the Irving House Hotel. Directories suggest that while the main entrance to the hotel was on Broadway, the buildings at 75 to 81 Chambers Street served as side entrances to the hotel and housed associated services such as barbers and tailors. In 1857, after the hotel had moved uptown, David Selden leased 77 Chambers to Peddie & Morrison, manufacturers of leather trunks and luggage. The company erected an elaborate cast-iron facade, with fluted Doric columns. The openings at the 3rd floor are flat arched with rounded corners and the center bays are enhanced by broken segmental-arched pediments. The windows at the 4th floor have shouldered tops, and those at the fifth story are round-arched. The building is crowned by a metal roof cornice which is pierced by the ladder of the metal fire escape.

In 1926 the cast-iron facade of the first two stories was removed and replaced by a sheet-metal storefront and second-story show window. The western elevation, visible above the neighboring building on Chambers Street, is faced in brick (stuccoed at the fifth story) and has three historic chimneys along the roof line. The building remained in commercial use until the 1990s. when it was converted to apartments. The ground floor is occupied by Checkers burgers.