107 Greenwich Avenue

West Village | built 1842

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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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  1. 1842

    The DeKlyn estate builds a row of six speculative houses, of which 107 and 109 survive

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    In 1842 the DeKlyn estate, which owned and developed the eastern part of the block, put up six houses here as an investment. Only Nos. 107 and 109 Greenwich Avenue remain from that row. The same estate also developed the rest of the eastern part of the block, including houses on West 12th Street and Jane Street, built the following year.

    “These two houses are all that remain of a row of six which was erected for speculative purposes in 1842 for the DeKlyn estate…”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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