HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY BUILDING AND STRUCTURES Norwich Heritage Trust, Inc, P.O.Box 185 Norwich, CT 06360	This Building sponsored by Rose City Renaissance
Building Name: Out To Lunch	Historic Name: Manhattan Building
Town/City: Norwich	County: New London
Address:121-125	Street: Main Street
Owners:Raymond Abraham	Private
Present Use: vacant	Historic Use clothing store, furniture store
Exterior is viewable to public	Interior is accessible	Explain: store
Style of Building: Commercial	Construction Date: rebuilt l898-1899
Materials Brick	Structural System
Roof Roll Asphalt Asphalt Shingle
Stories: 2	Dimensions: l02 X 37.5
Structural Condition: Fair	Exterior Condition: Fair
Alterations: Back appears to be another structure of @ same age
Outbuildings:
Environment: commercial High Building Density

Interrelationship of Building and Surroundings:

This building forms a bridge between the older building of similar scale to west and larger building of similar age and style to the east. It is approximately the same age as most buildings in the area.

Features:

The building facade is five bays in width. The building entrance is set back from the storefront. The second floor windows have fixed panes with transoms. A steel beam runs above the windows at the lintel level. A panel of chequered cut-brick is similar to that on the Water Street elevation of the Lee & Osgood building. Dentils are featured on the cornice. The side and rear elevations have l-over-l segmentally arched windows. Brick belt courses do not extend to the corners. A low parapet is raised at the building's corners. The interior has stamped sheet metal ceilings.

Architect:

Builder:

Importance:

Hirsh the Tailor was located here in l888, later Hirsh and Kronig. In l893, the business was known as the Manhattan Clothing Company, Samuel Kronig, proprietor. The building was rebuilt in l899 while Kronig owned it. The name of the business changed to S. Kronig & Sons, then the Manhattan Men's Shop, and Manhattan Ladies Shop until l924. Clothing or dry goods were sold here until l964. The rear portion of the site was the location of Levi Huntington's house which was rebuilt after the fire of l793. Because of numerous alterations, it is impossible to ascribe any date earlier than l898 when the building was rebuilt to this store.

Sources:

Norwich Land Records

Norwich city directories

Assessor's record in Assessor's Office of the Norwich City Hall

Building Evaluation Forms of downtown Norwich, l979

Evaluations:

Threats Private Deterioration Parts have been vacant inconsistently over the years.