Austin, Nichols and Company Warehouse, April 6, 1915.

The Austin, Nichols and Company Warehouse was constructed in 1914 and 1915 for its namesake, the largest importing and manufacturing wholesale grocery business in the world. Critics at the time described the Cass Gilbert-designed, massive, reinforced concrete building, as an outstanding example of Egyptian Revival architecture rarely found in New York City and the United States. The warehouse utilized piers, railway tracks, freight elevators, conveyor belts, and pneumatic tubes for the production of foodstuffs under the Sunbeam Foods label. The building remained the headquarters for Austin, Nichols & Co. until the late 1950s. The building was acquired by 184 Kent Avenue Associates in 1986 and rented to residential and commercial tenants.