118 1st Avenue

also 91 East 7th Street | East Village | built 1853

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

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1853
Andrew J. Odell buys two lots at First Avenue and East 7th Street, and two houses rise on them around 1853
Andrew J. Odell bought this lot and the one beside it in 1850, and tax records show two houses were built on the pair around 1853. By 1859 they had been enlarged, possibly into the tenement seen today. In 1905, while Louis Rosenswaike owned the building, a small one-story extension was added to the rear on East 7th Street.
“This lot and lot 2 were purchased by Andrew J. Odell in 1850. Tax records indicate that two houses were built on lots 1 and 2 c. 1853.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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