Originally two separate lots, these buildings have been combined. The larger Neo-Grec pre-law tenement building on the left was constructed in 1879 by architect M. Fornachen for P.J. Seiler or R. Stuyvesant (according to different sources). The smaller building was constructed in 1837 for William Stone as a Federal-style row house. Together these combined buildings house the flagship store for Kiehl’s since 1851, founded by first-generation German-American John Kiehl.
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