E. V. Haughwout Building

One of the finest examples of the cast-iron-facade buildings that SoHo is famous for. Built in 1857, it is considered as one of the first buildings where the cast-iron structure was left uncovered and rather shaped into the ornamental form replacing a traditional brick, stone or plaster facade. Mr Haughwout ran a tableware emporium sprawling over the building's five stories, famous far beyond the city to the extent that it was there where Mary Todd Lincoln purchased new china for the White House. The emporium also provided customers with a convenience that was a world first — a passenger elevator by Elisha Otis, soon to become a de rigueur amenity of all new buildings in New York.

Address

488-492 Broadway

Getting there

corner with Broome Street