120 1st Avenue

also 120A 1st Avenue | 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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1859
A rear extension by 1859 likely creates the second narrow tenement at 120 and 120 1/2 First Avenue
This lot holds two narrow five-story tenements with separate entrances and separate roof cornices. A building went up on the south side of the lot around 1853 for Andrew J. Odell, and the Landmarks Preservation Commission thinks a rear extension added by 1859 probably produced the second one. Its height and details match those of No. 118 First Avenue, which Odell had built on the neighboring lot.
“Tax records indicate that a building was constructed on the south side of the lot c. 1853. A rear extension was probably added by 1859…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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