13 8th Avenue

West Village | built 1845

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

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1845
Distiller Bradish Johnson owns No. 13 and its neighbors in the 1845 Eighth Avenue row
Bradish Johnson, a distiller, was among the most important buyers when the Towning estate was sold in 1845, according to the LPC report. He owned Nos. 13, 15 and 19 Eighth Avenue, plus property around the corner on West 12th Street. No. 13 is a three-story brick house with a dentiled cornice, planned with a store at street level and a dwelling above.
“Bradish Johnson, a distiller, who owned Nos. 13, 15 and 19, as well as property on West Twelfth Street around the corner…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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