838 Greenwich Street

 apartment building, housing cooperative, 1873_construction

5-story cooperative-apartment building originally completed in 1873 as a boarding stables building for Isaac H. Dahlman, a wealthy horse dealer and real estate investor. The building remained in use for stables and storage for Kuper & Bros. until 1930, when it was converted to a factory and leased to the Atlas Safety Lock Co.

In 1967, Holland Bros. Realty, Inc./Holland Beef Corp., already a tenant, acquired this building and used it for meatpacking. That company closed in 1977, and the building was completely altered with a new facade and converted to apartments in 1980, to a design to architect Seymour Churgin. The building is clad in dark red brick, and features large, double-height arched windows in the 4th floor.

The entrance is set down several steps from the sidewalk, with a glass door, sidelights, and transom, in a recessed 2-story niche at the middle of the facade. Above the doorway is a tripartite window, and there is a tripartite window bay to either side on each floor. The building contains 29 units.