TheGunther Building was a seven-story commercial edifice inManhattan located at 391[1]- 393Fifth Avenue, between36th Street and37th Street.[2] It occupied a plot 41.8 feet (12.7 m) on Fifth Avenue by 111.8 feet (34.1 m) in depth.[1] Built in 1909, the establishment conformed in architecture, appointments,and construction with theTiffany and Company Building, which adjoined it. The latter structure was designed byStanford White and was constructed byTiffany & Company in 1903,at the corner of the block on 37th Street.[3]
For many years the edifice was leased by C.G. Gunther's Sons, furriers.[1] Gunther's lease on the property expired in October 1929, when the company moved into a building which occupied the former site of the home of Mrs. W.K. Vanderbilt II., at660 Fifth Avenue.
The Gunther Building was sold by Tiffany & Company toBenjamin Winter Inc., in February 1929, for $1.5 million.[1]Joseph Durst purchased the Gunther Building for a similar price in March 1930.[3] The same month the structure was leased long term by I. J. Fox Inc., a fur manufacturer and retailer.[2]
Tots Toggerie, a retailer which sold children's clothing and school uniforms, rented two floors in the Gunther Building in July 1932.[4] During the late summer of 1936 Stadler & Stadler, men's tailors, leased space in the structure.[5] Culver, Hollyday & Company,a broker, negotiated the rental of Gunther Building space for David Custage, a fabrics dealer, in February 1938.[6] The Merzon Corset Company moved to the Fifth Avenue locale from 45West 57th Street, where it had been for a decade. It leased the sixth floor of the Gunther Building, which contained 4,000 square feet (370 m2) of space, in August 1943.[7]
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