103 Sullivan Street
SoHo | built 1874
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
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- 1874
Dr. P. Spies replaces row houses at 103 Sullivan Street with a tenement for four families a floor
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In 1874 Dr. P. Spies had architect William Jose build a five-story tenement at 103 Sullivan Street, one of two buildings he commissioned, with 105 next door. It stood where earlier row houses had been, and each floor was planned for four families. The landmarks report sees it as a sign of the South Village's growing density.
- 1874
William Jose, a Prussian-born architect with an office at 185 Bowery, designs 103 Sullivan Street
William Jose, born in Prussia, appears in New York City directories as an architect from 1869 to 1884. He worked from an office at 185 Bowery and later at the Bible House on Astor Place, designing mostly tenements around today's Tribeca, SoHo and Greenwich Village. In the Sullivan-Thompson district he designed four buildings, including 103 Sullivan Street.
“William Jose, born in Prussia, was listed as an architect in New York City directories between 1869 and 1884.”
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