Joseph Annin House

114 Washington Place | also 114 West Washington Plce | West Village | built 1833

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The lot about 1940
About 1940. Via 1940s.nyc
The lot about 1985
About 1985. Via 80s.nyc

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

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  1. 1833

    Merchant Joseph Annin's house keeps the Federal look of its row

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    Built in 1833 for the merchant Joseph Annin, No. 114 shows the original appearance of the nine houses John Nichols and associates built at Nos. 106-122. It keeps its two-story brick form, segmental-arched dormers and Federal wrought-iron stoop railings, whose handrails turn under rather than ending in newels. Greek Revival finials were later added to the areaway railing.

    “Built in 1833 for Joseph Annin, a merchant, this two-story brick house with stone basement shows us the original appearance of the row.”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  2. 1926

    April 7

    Boarder Rosalind Morley, a Cooper Union night student, wins mentions for architectural and mural designs

    Rosalind Morley worked by day and studied art at night at Cooper Union while living in the house's boarding rooms. On April 7, 1926 she competed in the Society of Beaux Arts Architects' contest for a library entrance hall and won first mention, and a month later she won second mention in a mural contest on the theme of music. In 1928 she was commissioned to illustrate a children's book of Canadian stories.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  3. 1937

    Actress Genevieve Belasco is recalled as one of Saks's first customers

    Genevieve Belasco, a cousin of the producer David Belasco and an actress in Cecil B. DeMille's 1923 film The Ten Commandments, lived in the house by 1937. When Saks searched for its first customer of October 2, 1902 as part of its 35th-anniversary celebration, she recalled stopping in with chorus girls to buy flowers and received a $10 gift certificate.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  4. 1946

    January

    The Annin family sells the house after 113 years of ownership

    The Annin family kept No. 114 for more than a century. In January 1946 the estate of Margaret Annin sold it, assessed at $17,500, to Emil Talamini, the first change of ownership since 1833. By then it held four apartments, yet the little house still kept its original Federal proportions.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  5. 1961

    January 3

    A television-and-theater couple's $40,000 renovation of the house is reported in the Times

    Jerry and Sunny Fritz, who both worked in television and theater, searched for a year in the late 1950s before settling on the house. They spent $40,000, with a mortgage of $1,460 a year, and had architect Lowell Brody strip the plaster to expose brick and discard the 1833 mantels. The New York Times reported on January 3, 1961 that the move tripled their living space and cut their monthly costs.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

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