This Federal House from 1818, restored in 2010, is an excellent example of SoHo’s early period and of a building that has undergone substantial changes in use and occupancy throughout its history.
Beginning as early at 1850 the building was expanded and altered to function for commercial purposes. Its original gambrel roof -- lifted to its present configuration – and an inserted wood and glass storefront flanking a chamfered entrance were the house’s first transformation. This change reflected the transition of the residential neighborhood into a commercial, manufacturing and retail neighborhood.
In 2006 ELAN General Contracting, a design / build company doing work nationwide, and William J. Rockwell architect were permitted by the owner’s, to proceed with the present transformation, that retains the overall historic building’s shape and materiality while providing a glass addition that reveals even more of the original house’s features at its north side.
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