105-107 Reade Street

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5-story Italianate residential building completed in 1861 as a store-and-loft building. Its design is related to that of the adjoining building at 121 Chambers/103 Reade, which was built at the same time. Faced in sandstone above the first story, the facade is divided into two sections, each three bays wide, which form a tripartite composition with the facade of 103 Reade Street. Both sections of the facade are framed by pilasters and have cornices at each story. In the east section, which forms the center of the tripartite composition, the windows have round-arched enframements with molded surrounds. Scrolled keystones are employed at the 2nd and 3rd floors and in the center bay of the 4th floor. An aedicule with Corinthian pilasters and a triangular pediment frames the second-story center window.

The articulation of the western section of the facade is identical to that of 103 Reade Street. Round-arched window openings are employed at the 2nd floor, and segmental-arched windows at the 3rd-5th floors. The windows have molded surrounds and scrolled keystones are employed at the center bay of the 3rd floor. Both sections of the facade are crowned by original stone entablatures which are decorated with paneled friezes, dentils, modillions, and console brackets. The cast-iron ground floor has fluted Corinthian columns, and arched surrounds with scrolled keystones.

In the 1920s the occupants included a carpenter, wholesale shoe dealers, a news agent, and a radio cabinetmaker. Subsequent tenants included a hardware dealer, designers, and a wholesaler of novelty items. There is currently a restaurant (Sazon) at the first floor and offices and apartments on the upper floors.