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Kemble Building was an eight story〔''Blockfront Sold On Whitehall Street'', New York Times, January 6, 1949, pg. 40.〕 edifice located at 15 ''-'' 25〔 Whitehall Street between Bridge Street and Stone Street (Manhattan). It stood opposite the Custom House in Manhattan, New York.〔"In The Real Estate Field", ''New York Times'', September 11, 1906, pg. 13.〕 Owned by the Ogden〔 Goelet Estate, the structure adjoined the seven story Produce Exchange Building.〔"Real Estate Field", ''New York Times'', March 5, 1919, pg. 5.〕 At first employed as a cotton warehouse, it was used for office space beginning in 1882. Prior to the Kemble Building's erection, the site was occupied by the business of Hendrick Willemsen, a baker and bread inspector.〔"Lower Manhattan Once Industrial", ''New York Times'', March 10, 1935, pg. RE1.〕 ==Leased to various tenants== During January 1886, room 34 of the Kemble Building was occupied by the Pennock Underground Telegraph Company.〔"Financial", ''New York Times'', January 21, 1886, pg. 7.〕 A college graduate, who was a grammar school instructor, advertised for pupils to tutor in the afternoons or evenings in September 1886. Interested parties hoping to be tutored in the classics, mathematics, and elementary studies were requested to reply to room 105 of the Kemble Building.〔"Instruction", ''New York Times'', September 16, 1886, pg. 6.〕 In June 1890 the structure hosted a meeting of wholesale liquor dealers. They met to consider possible action against arbitrary measures taken by the Whiskey Trust.〔"What Is Going On", ''New York Times'', June 22, 1890, pg. 8.〕 The Mary H. Packer, a schooner rigged steam ship weighing ninety-seven tons, was owned by a Mr. White, whose office was in the Kemble Building in October 1892. The vessel sank alongside a railroad pier at the foot of Hamilton Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, on October 23, 1892. It was built in Perth Amboy, New Jersey in 1886.〔"Sunk Alongside The Pier", ''New York Times'', October 24, 1892, pg. 10.〕 In 1896 the Produce Exchange, which maintained offices for grain brokers, was located in the Kemble Building.〔"Obituary Record", ''New York Times'', February 25, 1896, pg. 2.〕 One of the initial office tenants, who continued to lease space in 1935, offered the Goelet Estate $3,000,000 for the Kemble Building, but was refused.〔 In June 1921, the Kemble Building's basement and a large store inside were leased to Unger Brothers, who opened a restaurant.〔"Upper Broadway Leases", ''New York Times'', June 7, 1921, pg. 34.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kemble Building」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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