Michael Aram Jewelry

 interesting place, commercial building

2-story commercial building completed in 1866. It is one of nine remaining stable buildings from an original row of 13. Executed in a round-arched utilitarian style related to the German Rundbogenstil, it still features a mix of Romanesque and Renaissance-revival details. The grey-painted brick and white stone facade has a very large plate-glass window in the center bay (installed in the 1980s), where the carriage doors once stood. On either side is a narrow bay with a round-arched window (west) and door (east) and keystones. A white-painted band separates the 2nd floor.

The 2nd-floor piers carry an arcade in which the center arch is both wider and taller than the flanking arches, all of which have stone sills and keystones. A small pilaster bisects the center bay into a pair of arched windows topped by a white molded wood surround that features a central bulls-eye. The building is crowned by a simple molded brick entablature with a white stone coping.

In 1887 this stable was purchased by Nicholas Sheldon & Company, who commissioned Napleon LeBrun & Son to remodel the interior and raise the sloping roof at the rear of the building by three feet. In 1891 Sheldon bought the adjoining structure at No. 134, and a few years later moved his soap business to the two buildings. They were both acquired in 1917 by William Leslie and leased to various businesses. The original carriage entry was enlarged in 1936, when the building was used as a garage. It served in this capacity until the 1980s, when it was renovated into a retail building. It is now occupied by Michael Aram jewelry.