The McKinley

111 East 7th Street | East Village | built 1901

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1. 1901

   The McKinley apartment house for 56 families rises in 1901 on a lot with a house since 1854

   The seven-story, nine-bay apartment house was built to hold 56 families, with plans filed in April 1901, replacing a house that had stood on the lot since 1854. A stone-clad ground floor carries the name McKinley over the central entrance. Village Preservation notes that President William McKinley was shot on September 6, 1901, and suggests the name may commemorate him, though it cannot be sure.

   Source: Village Preservation

2. 1925

   Bernard Warach, future founder of JASA, moves into apartment 67 as a four-year-old and lives there until 1940

   Bernard Warach, the child of young, poor Polish immigrants, lived in a tiny apartment in the McKinley from 1925 until he graduated from college in 1940. He later spent fifty years in the U.S. Department of Agriculture and became founding executive director of the Jewish Association for Services for the Aged. In his memoir he recalls being woken by the church bells next door and a rent of $52 a month.

   Source: Village Preservation

Further reading

• 111-115 East 7th StreetVillage Preservation: East Village Building Blocks

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