Seville Studios

11 Cornelia Street | also 11F Cornelia Street, 7 Cornelia Street | West Village | built 1900

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

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1876
William Moran rebuilds the front and rear houses at 11 Cornelia Street as five-story tenements
William M. Moran engaged the architect John B. Franklin in 1876 to convert the three-story brick building at the front of 11 Cornelia Street into a tenement of five stories and a basement, with a galvanized-iron cornice. The same year the building at the rear was replaced by another five-story brick tenement with a galvanized-iron cornice. The front house, a brick dwelling with a store, had probably been built in 1853-54. From 1880 to 1910 only African-American families lived in the two buildings, and by 1920 the residents were Italian families.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1928
Architect James Galloway remakes 11 Cornelia Street as Seville Studios, with Spanish-style ground floors
In 1928 architect James Galloway remade the front and rear tenements at 11 Cornelia Street around a landscaped central court and renamed the complex Seville Studios. The ground story got stucco, round-arched openings framed in rough red brick, iron balconies, a tiled cornice and small galleon reliefs, plus a palette-shaped plaque. A 1928 Times advertisement promised modern kitchens and an Old World atmosphere. The Landmarks Preservation Commission called it a standout tenement conversion of its era.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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