Location:
- 5 and/or 7 Worth St., New York
Timeline:
- 1868: "Jacob Mark was listed as a moulder"
- 1871: "patent lights and skylights added to his listing"
- 1882: "manufacturer of all kinds of vault lights"
- 1894: "manufacturer of concrete illuminating tile and all kinds
of vault lights for areas, roofs, floors, etc"
History:
- John W. Mark (manager, 1882; superindendent, 1894)
- "...There were so many important New York City foundries. We had
Fiske Ironworks, Cornell Ironworks, Jacob Mark Foundry... very
significant, and Jordon Mott who was established in 1828." —Diana Stuart
Paper:
Errata:
- paperweight
"JACOB MARK, MANUFACTURER OF VAULT LIGHTS OF EVERY KIND / 5 WORTH ST., NEW YORK"
- paperweight
Jacob Mark,
"Manufacturer of Every Kind of Vault Lights / 7 Worth St. NY"
[Henry Luce III Center]
- Patent No. 501,720 -- Vault or Skylight Cover,
James Jenkinson, Brooklyn, N. Y., assignor to Jacob Mark,
New York city. Filed Jan 3, 1893.
- "Jacob Mark Sons, No. 7 Worth st, are getting orders for vault lights
and trench plates from the best current work. The following is a
list of new buildings which have one or the other, and in some cases
both: Trinity Building, Realty Building, Knickerbocker Hotel, Plaza
Hotel, Evening Post Building, Trust Co. of America Building, Abraham
& Straus Building, Brooklyn, Chemical Bank, N. Y. World Building,
Staats-Zeitung Building, Ehret's Brewery, Hamburg-American Building,
City Investing Building, Silversmiths' Building, Mutual Benefit
Building, Newark, N. J." —Real estate record and builders' guide (February 22, 1908)
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