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Wood's Mercantile Buildings · 46 White Street
Wood's Mercantile Buildings
Wood's Mercantile Buildings

[White Street between Church Street and Broadway.]

Showing 46-50 White Street, formerly Woods Mercantile Building.

IMAGE DATE1973
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Woods Mercantile Buildings ARCHITECT: Unknown DATE: 1865 STYLE: Italian Renaissance

The Woods Mercantile Buildings are fine examples of the palazzo node of architecture which was based on Italian Renaissance prototypes. The elegant simplicity and restraint of the facades indicate their original utilitarian function. They are representatives of a period of the city’s history when White Street was part of the country’s textile and dry goods center.

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