McCreery Dry Goods Store Building

 apartment building, 1860s construction, Second Empire (architecture)

7-story Second-Empire-style residential building originally completed in 1868 as a 6-story structure with a mansard roof. Designed by John Kellum, it was built to house the McCreary Dry Goods store. The stunning mansard roof was lost in a fire on October 31, 1971, after which architect Stephen B. Jacobs converted it for cooperative residential use, with a new 2-story slightly-recessed top section.

The original lower five floors are constructed of white cast-iron, spanning 10 bays along Broadway, and 29 bays along East 11th Street (split into a center section of nine bays, and two 10-bay end sections). Each of the bays is separated by Corinthian columns; the 2nd-floor columns on 12th Street sit on very tall bases that comprise most of the ground floor. On Broadway, the 2-story base has been largely altered for storefronts. The base is capped on both facades by a modillioned cornice.

At the upper floors, the columns support round-arched in each bay, topped by keystones. Cornices divide each of the upper floors. A larger, modillioned cornice tops the 5th floor, with five large brackets at the center of the Broadway side, where the mansard roof once began. The newer top floors are faced in grey stone, topped by shallow segmental-arches at the top floor. The building now contains 140 apartments. The ground floor is occupied by Brooklyn Industries apparel, Le Pain Quotidien restaurant, Bergino Baseball Clubhouse, Etos restaurant, and Kidville Indoor Playspace.

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