174 Avenue B | Block : 404 | Lot #28

Description & Building Alterations

This five-story brick tenement was constructed in 1859-1860 for original owner W. S. Wright.

The four-bay wide Italianate style facade features a bracketed cornice with floral details. On the primary facade, the windows have been replaced and some of the window lintels and sills have also been replaced, though some have been removed entirely. All of the secondary façade window sills and lintels have been replaced.

An alteration record indicates the building was utilized as a horseshoeing shop in 1887. In 1905, the ground level was converted into a store front. The building underwent an alteration by Harrison & Sackheim in 1909, which consisted of removing 9’6″ of brickwork at the first story and constructing show windows and a new entrance.