David S. Brown Store

	David S. Brown Store; (No. 8 Thomas Street Building)
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	New York City Landmark
	(2025)
Location	8 Thomas Street, Manhattan, New York
Coordinates	40°42′57″N 74°00′22″W / 40.71583°N 74.00611°W
Built	1875–76
Architect	J. Morgan Slade
Architectural style	Victorian Gothic
NRHP reference No.	80002705
NYCL No.	1010
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	April 30, 1980
Designated NYCL	November 14, 1978

The David S. Brown Store at 8 Thomas Street between Broadway and Church Street in the TriBeCa neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City was built in 1875–76 for a soap manufacturer. It was designed by J. Morgan Slade in the Victorian Gothic style, as influenced by John Ruskin and French architectural theory.^[2] The building has been called "An elaborate confection of Romanesque, Venetian Gothic, brick, sandstone, granite, and cast-iron parts..."^[3]^[4]

The building was designated a New York City landmark in 1978, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

References

↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
↑ New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission; Dolkart, Andrew S.; Postal, Matthew A. (2009). Postal, Matthew A. (ed.). Guide to New York City Landmarks (4th ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-470-28963-1.
↑ White, Norval; Willensky, Elliot (2000). AIA Guide to New York City (4th ed.). New York: Crown Publishers. p. 77. ISBN 978-0-8129-3107-5.
↑ Joan R. Olshansky and Elizabeth Spencer-Ralph (November 1978). National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP No. 8 Thomas Street Building. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved November 9, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)

External links

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[2] New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission; Dolkart, Andrew S.; Postal, Matthew A. (2009). Postal, Matthew A. (ed.). Guide to New York City Landmarks (4th ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-470-28963-1.

[3] White, Norval; Willensky, Elliot (2000). AIA Guide to New York City (4th ed.). New York: Crown Publishers. p. 77. ISBN 978-0-8129-3107-5.

[nrhpdoc-4] Joan R. Olshansky and Elizabeth Spencer-Ralph (November 1978). National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP No. 8 Thomas Street Building. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved November 9, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)

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