What was the street address of the first Tiffany & Co. store opened in 1837?

The first Tiffany & Co. store, opened in 1837, stood at 259 Broadway in Lower Manhattan.

Charles Lewis Tiffany and John B. Young founded the business as Tiffany, Young and Ellis, a stationery and “fancy goods” emporium rather than a jewelry-only shop. The venture was financed with $1,000 from Tiffany’s father, and the original location placed the young company on Broadway in New York City.

Jewelry, clocks, and glassware soon became important parts of the business. The company moved to 271 Broadway in 1847 and later to 550 Broadway in 1854. In 1853, Charles Tiffany took control, shortened the name to Tiffany & Company, and pushed the firm more decisively toward jewelry.

Readers sometimes confuse 259 Broadway with later Tiffany landmarks. The company’s famous Fifth Avenue buildings came decades afterward: it moved to Union Square West in 1870, then to the Fifth Avenue and 37th Street location in the early twentieth century. Thus, 259 Broadway identifies the original 1837 store, not a later flagship.