108 East 10th Street

East Village | built 1867

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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1867
D. & J. Jardine design 108 East 10th Street as one of three matching rowhouses
Architects David and John Jardine design the Italianate house in 1867 for builder James Mulry, one of three identical rowhouses at 106, 108, and 110 East 10th Street. The four-story brick house is trimmed in brownstone and rises from a rusticated stone basement, with molded cornices over its openings.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
1882
October
Actress Marie Prescott sues for libel over a false story about her flat at 108 East 10th Street
In 1881 actress Marie Prescott takes half of delicatessen owner William Perzel's flat here. Her jilted press agent, Ernest Harvier, tells the American News Company that she is living with Perzel and is pregnant, and she sues for $20,000. After a courtroom appearance on October 17, 1882, she wins $12,500.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
1921
December 25
A Christmas night fire kills a tenant at 108 East 10th Street
A fire breaks out in the hallway and stairwell of the boarding house on Christmas night 1921. Edith Medvin, who lives on the second floor, is severely burned, and Anna Hansel, a piano teacher on the top floor, is found dead in the hallway with her clothing burned away.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

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