11 8th Avenue

also 297 West 12th Street | West Village | built 1845

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

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1845
A druggist owns the corner house of a new Eighth Avenue row built after an estate sale
The Eighth Avenue row went up in 1845, after the estate of Richard Towning was liquidated and its mostly vacant land sold off in lots. Henry Wilson, a druggist, owned No. 11 at the West 12th Street corner, entered at 297 West 12th. Built with three stories, it was later raised to five, and the paired roof brackets and small corbels under the top windows were added later in the century.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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