104 3rd Avenue
also 142 East 13th Street | East Village | built 1900
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.
- 1839
A factory goes up on the lots at 104 Third Avenue by 1839
Tax assessments show a factory built on three combined lots here between 1836, when they were vacant, and 1839, though missing records leave the builder uncertain. Ebenezer Pray owns the lots from 1839 until 1865, and an 1853 map labels the site the Pianoforte Manufactory. By 1862 the single lot has been split into three.
- 1903
Alterations show the old factory in use as a store with an eight-family tenement
An 1903 alteration application suggests the former factory is by then a store with an eight-family tenement, still owned by the Pray family. A new vent shaft with fireproof partitions is added, with new windows cut through them. In 1907, after the property has been sold, the front is extended and a show window installed.
Further reading
- 104 Third Avenue; 142 East 13th StreetVillage Preservation: East Village Building Blocks
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